Hello everyone, I’m posting this on AltArch, since it’s what that will become soon, somehow. I see RedHat seems to be going on with their plan to increase their baseline to x86_64-v3 for RHEL 10, do you have any plans to keep supporting older ISAs (specifically v2, as v1 seems to already have been…

[image] mnv: I see RedHat seems to be going on with their plan to increase their baseline to x86_64-v3 for RHEL 10, do you have any plans to keep supporting older ISAs (specifically v2, as v1 seems to already have been dropped) with your next major release? From a Release Engineering point of…

I know AlmaLinux plans to do it. Maybe we can copy their setup?

Are you happy with the packages in Rocky? Do you perhaps use third-party repos like EPEL too? AFAIK, EPEL 10 will build for x86-64-v3. I.e. not for x86-64-v2 el10 distros. Besides, there has been claims that el10 will drop “non-essential” packages, like Firefox and LibreOffice (delegated to flat…

EPEL is a third-party project. Yes, for my use the base Rocky packages are sufficient. For the community it is important to not follow the enterprise Linux, because paid Linux customers may afford buying new hardware. For our users, I suggest keeping the support of old hardware, otherwise we risk l…

I think I can even help realizing the concept. It’s all about the compile flags in the end. Web hosting providers will be happy :slight_smile:. Think also about schools and universities in the “third” world.

Hello, I have opened another initiative for support of old x86_64 hardware on Rocky10: [image] Run Rocky10 on x86_64-v2, x86_64-v1, x86_64-v0 initiative AltArch Hello, RockyLinux is a great project, but unfortunately, newer versions reduce the hardware support, in contra…

[image] bkhomuts: I know AlmaLinux plans to do it. Maybe we can copy their setup? AlmaLinux are ABI-compatible or binary compatible now. Therefore they are not direct 1:1 with RHEL like Rocky is. If we do what Alma does, then we are no longer 1:1 with RHEL. So no point copying what they do…

@iwalker , I’m talking about x86_64-v2 support claimed here: Kitten 10 | AlmaLinux Wiki . The binary compatibility may not be needed for people using those older systems anyway :slight_smile: This effort wouldn’t break the ethos more than getting RISC-V support enabled before RHEL.

I’ll close this thread, so it can be continued here: Run Rocky10 on x86_64-v2, x86_64-v1, x86_64-v0 initiative Otherwise discussions get fragmented.

Future of x86_64-v2 support

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bkhomuts March 5, 2025, 12:35pm 7

Hello,

I have opened another initiative for support of old x86_64 hardware on Rocky10:

Topic		Replies	Views
RHEL 10 & Rocky Linux 10 processor support Rocky Linux Help & Support rocky-linux-10	4	2663	May 26, 2025
Run Rocky10 on x86_64-v2, x86_64-v1 initiative AltArch	27	4605	November 12, 2025
Linux CPU support Rocky Linux Help & Support rocky-linux-9	14	5190	March 5, 2025
X86_64_v1 Support AltArch	6	437	July 18, 2025
Old CPU incompatibility Rocky Linux Help & Support rocky-linux-9	17	2466	March 22, 2025

Future of x86_64-v2 support

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