On February 16, 2026, the Linux Kernel 7.0 was officially released, with developers completely removing the EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) driver for the Intel 440BX chipset—a permanent removal. This classic hardware, born in the 1990s, officially exits the official support lineup of modern Linux systems. The 440BX chipset, introduced in 1998, primarily served Pentium II and Pentium III processors. With the evolution of hardware technology, these platforms were gradually phased out in the early 2000s, and today, very few users run the latest version of Linux on such outdated hardware. The EDAC driver removed this time had been marked as 'broken' as early as 2007 due to device conflicts with Intel's AGP graphics module, but the issue was never resolved. In this cleanup effort, the development team deleted nearly 500 lines of related code from the kernel source, simplifying the kernel structure and eliminating long-standing potential compatibility issues.