Revert "ci: temporarily remove linux-i686-gcc build"

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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tailored test case again and again.
 
 A test work load is difficult to define, though. There can be any number of
 processes or threads involved, and they can each be using their own way of
-generating I/O. You could have someone dirtying large amounts of memory in an
+generating I/O. You could have someone dirtying large amounts of memory in a
 memory mapped file, or maybe several threads issuing reads using asynchronous
 I/O. fio needed to be flexible enough to simulate both of these cases, and many
 more.
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ in the body of the email. Archives can be found here:
 
        http://www.spinics.net/lists/fio/
 
+or here:
+
+       https://lore.kernel.org/fio/
+
 and archives for the old list can be found here:
 
        http://maillist.kernel.dk/fio-devel/
@@ -164,9 +168,10 @@ configure.
 Windows
 ~~~~~~~
 
-On Windows, Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) is required in order to build
-fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX 3.8 from
-http://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows`
+The minimum versions of Windows for building/runing fio are Windows 7/Windows
+Server 2008 R2. On Windows, Cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com/) is required in
+order to build fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX from
+https://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows`
 directory.
 
 How to compile fio on 64-bit Windows:
@@ -181,9 +186,7 @@ How to compile fio on 64-bit Windows:
 
 To build fio for 32-bit Windows, ensure the -i686 versions of the previously
 mentioned -x86_64 packages are installed and run ``./configure
---build-32bit-win`` before ``make``. To build an fio that supports versions of
-Windows below Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 also add ``--target-win-ver=xp``
-to the end of the configure line that you run before doing ``make``.
+--build-32bit-win`` before ``make``.
 
 It's recommended that once built or installed, fio be run in a Command Prompt or
 other 'native' console such as console2, since there are known to be display and