Re: FreeBSD 14: Poll armv6 deprecated or removed

I read no one wants to support this architecture, so the decision is simple: ditch it.

I abandoned FreeBSD long ago on the RPI 1 because it had no (and probably still doesn't have any) support for DAC and a linux-based OS suited me fine. I have not changed anything on it in years. It just works, it just outputs audio. I would suspect a lot of use cases are the same: it's sitting doing something and nothing ever changes on it. In fact I'm willing to bet my linux version is so old it can't be updated anyway (packages and base).

Leave ArmV6 to NetBSD and Linux OSs. They can do everything Freebsd can do and more on this architecture. And they want to support it.

I do agree that openbsd's telemetry for establishing at least the number of installs would be a good thing for Freebsd in the future when the next architecture inevitably falls into the bit-abyss.

That's my vote, for what it's worth.