On 18/12/14 20:16, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:51:19PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>> Again - the reason for 32 bit is not that I cherish old CPUs ...
>> And that is why I ask here; if anybody runs old machines for
>> compatibility reasons, it would be experimental scientists ...
>>
> On target you are.
>
> Us experimental scientists have embedded computers (VME form factor)
> with 32-bit CPUs and 0.5GB/1GB RAM. We run 32-bit SL4, SL5 and SL6
> on them today and I expect we will still be using these machines
> when SL6 becomes obsolete in 1-2-3 years. By then, I fully expect a 32-bit
> port of SL7/CentOS7 to become available, somehow.
Some talk of it here, with people having a first pass at it:-

http://www.karan.org/blog/2013/12/15/where-is-the-i686-in-rhel-7/


>
> But for today, I have not even digested the 64-bit SL7 yet, 32-bit SL7
> is not even on the wish list yet.
>
> Now, the ARM SL7 is a different matter. *that* I want yesterday.
>