From nobody Wed May 24 06:53:53 2023 X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QR23872rWz4CKMn for ; Wed, 24 May 2023 06:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [130.225.244.222]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QR2384s82z3tVw; Wed, 24 May 2023 06:53:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (unknown [192.168.55.3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FE6A89334; Wed, 24 May 2023 06:53:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.17.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 34O6rraV087540 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 24 May 2023 06:53:54 GMT (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: (from phk@localhost) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.17.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 34O6rrQX087539; Wed, 24 May 2023 06:53:53 GMT (envelope-from phk) Message-Id: <202305240653.34O6rrQX087539@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Emmanuel Vadot cc: "'freebsd-arch'" , John Baldwin Subject: Re: Future of 32-bit platforms (including i386) In-reply-to: <20230524083555.632d968778e2d1c05a04359f@bidouilliste.com> From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" References: <5a08b091-a1a5-1928-18e1-16c3bddb1a7f@FreeBSD.org> <20230524083555.632d968778e2d1c05a04359f@bidouilliste.com> List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arch List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <87537.1684911233.1@critter.freebsd.dk> Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 06:53:53 +0000 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QR2384s82z3tVw X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1835, ipnet:130.225.0.0/16, country:EU] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N -------- Emmanuel Vadot writes: > I personnaly see armv7 in "degraded maintainance mode" since 13.0, > So I'm really interested in who wants to keep armv7 and why, is it > just "I'm using my RPI2 and wants to continue using it" ? The (only) reason I personally care about 32 bit arm is the BBB's two "PRU" co-processors and low power budget. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.