Linux seems to not care at all about what processor it runs on
That's not true, there definitely are unsupported (Intel/x64) CPUs for Linux. It even prints a lovely warning on boot to not file any bug reports because you're using an unsupported CPU.
But, what Linux does (often) do is make it possible to get a kernel patch or upgrade to add the missing support.
That's not true, there definitely are unsupported (Intel/x64) CPUs for Linux. It even prints a lovely warning on boot to not file any bug reports because you're using an unsupported CPU.
But, what Linux does (often) do is make it possible to get a kernel patch or upgrade to add the missing support.