--- title: Linux 7.2 Continues Removing Old i486 Code Remnants,... description: The x86/cpu changes for Linux 7.2 have been merged, spanning 36 years of hardware history. The kernel continues removing legacy Intel 486 code remnants started... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-continues-removing-old-i486-code-remnants-adds-rugged-panther-lake-lv9p923pm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux 7.2 Continues Removing Old i486 Code Remnants, Adds Rugged Panther Lake | daily.dev og:description: The x86/cpu changes for Linux 7.2 have been merged, spanning 36 years of hardware history. The kernel continues removing legacy Intel 486 code remnants started... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-continues-removing-old-i486-code-remnants-adds-rugged-panther-lake-lv9p923pm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Lv9P923pM.png og:image:alt: Linux 7.2 Continues Removing Old i486 Code Remnants, Adds Rugged Panther Lake og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux 7.2 Continues Removing Old i486 Code Remnants, Adds Rugged Panther Lake **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The x86/cpu changes for Linux 7.2 have been merged, spanning 36 years of hardware history. The kernel continues removing legacy Intel 486 code remnants started in Linux 7.1, including AMD Elan drivers, making TSC and CX8 support unconditional, and dropping the 'no387' boot option. New additions include a centralized CPUID parser and data model, plus support for Panther Lake R, a new 'rugged' variant of Intel's Panther Lake CPU. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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