Linux 3.15-rc3 Kernel Is Now Available With Normal Changes

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 3.15-rc3 Kernel Is Now Available With Normal Changes

The third weekly test release to the Linux 3.15 kernel is now available...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTY3Mzk

[riklaunim]

Two 3.15rc2 runs for J1900 - http://openbenchmarking.org/result/1...PL-1404273PL60

[ssokolow]

Apparently it's also likely to kill Wine's ability to run 16-bit applications (and, thus, kill a big advantage over 64-bit Windows) by disallowing the creation of 16-bit segments while running a 64-bit kernel.

https://lwn.net/Articles/594864/

[TheSoulz]

Apparently it's also likely to kill Wine's ability to run 16-bit applications (and, thus, kill a big advantage over 64-bit Windows) by disallowing the creation of 16-bit segments while running a 64-bit kernel.

https://lwn.net/Articles/594864/

why would anyone use 16bit apps anymore?

[AJSB]

why would anyone use 16bit apps anymore?

I know of someone that needs it....old W3.1 program that is very usefull to him and w/o equivalent in 32bit.
So, i guess that the user is stuck to kernel 3.14 at most.

[AJSB]

Apparently it's also likely to kill Wine's ability to run 16-bit applications (and, thus, kill a big advantage over 64-bit Windows) by disallowing the creation of 16-bit segments while running a 64-bit kernel.

https://lwn.net/Articles/594864/

...but if the Kernel is 32bit or 32bit+PAE ?
Will it still work ?

[curaga]

why would anyone use 16bit apps anymore?

Windows 3.1 had some good games. Some of the very few things I use Wine for.

[ssokolow]

Windows 3.1 had some good games. Some of the very few things I use Wine for.

Also, for quite a long time, 32-bit apps used 16-bit installers. In fact, that combination is so prevalent that, on Win64, if you double-click a 16-bit EXE, Windows will examine the file and, if it recognizes the installer bootstrap stub, it'll bypass it and call the 32-bit second-stage installer directly.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2013/10/31/10461992.aspx