Linux kernel no longer support the Intel i386 processor

Linux operating system with kernel version 3.8 will not support processors like the Intel 80386, known as the i386, or just 386. These 32-bit x86 processors third generation of Intel produced from 1985 to 2007. This type of processor was the first 32-bit processor for the IBM PC-compatible computers. Initially, they were used in desktop and notebook computers, but to the 2000s remained only in controllers and household appliances. To date, support for this type of processor in the OS kernel Linux is available only for DX / SX (there were also a series of SL and EX). caused seizures support called reduced complexity in the structure of nuclei, which are not visible to users, but significantly loaded developers. Despite the fact that it is on a computer with a 386 processor and was established in 1991 operating system Linux, its creator, Linus Torvalds, does not feel a sense of nostalgia. "I'm not sentimental. Properly disposed of ", - said the programmer.