Linus Torvalds has merged the initial code to begin removing Intel 486 CPU support in Linux 7.1. The change removes Kconfig options for M486, M486SX, and ELAN CPU support, making it impossible to build a Linux 7.1+ kernel with i486 support. This affects a range of 486-class CPUs from AMD, Cyrix, IBM, Intel, and UMC. Users still relying on i486 hardware can continue using Linux 6.18 LTS for maintained support. Further removal of actual i486-only code paths is expected in Linux 7.2 or later, assuming no objections arise. The same pull also adds AMD AGESA version logging to the kernel for easier debugging.
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