The Linux kernel is set to orphan AMD Geode x86 embedded CPU support, following the earlier move to phase out Intel 486 support. A patch queued for the Linux 7.2 merge window marks the platform as orphaned after the primary maintainer lost access to Geode hardware, including the OLPC XO-1. The documentation link has also gone dead as the product was discontinued. While some embedded boards and thin clients may still function without custom kernel code, the likelihood of anyone running the latest upstream kernel on these ~30-year-old processors is slim. If the code falls further into disrepair, it could be deprecated and removed entirely.
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