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.

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.

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