Please don't deprecate i386 for GCC 4.8

[Robert Dewar]

On 12/14/2012 3:13 PM, Cynthia Rempel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> RTEMS still supports the i386, and there are many i386 machines still
> in use.  Deprecating the i386 will negatively impact RTEMS ability to
> support the i386.  As Steven Bosscher said, the "benefits" are small,
> and the impact would be serious for RTEMS i386 users.

Since there is a significant maintenance burden for such continued
support, I guess a question to ask is whether the RTEMS folks or
someone using RTEMS are willing to step in and shoulder this burden.