From nobody Tue Dec 13 20:28:56 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-arm@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 4NWqp632Y8z4khXw for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:28:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (www.zefox.net [50.1.20.27]) (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-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "www.zefox.com", Issuer "www.zefox.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NWqp524DXz3Klp for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:28:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fbsd@www.zefox.net has no SPF policy when checking 50.1.20.27) smtp.mailfrom=fbsd@www.zefox.net; dmarc=none Received: from www.zefox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.zefox.net (8.16.1/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 2BDKSvSg074476 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:28:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: (from fbsd@localhost) by www.zefox.net (8.16.1/8.15.2/Submit) id 2BDKSv2h074475; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:28:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fbsd) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:28:56 -0800 From: bob prohaska To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Cc: bob prohaska Subject: Re: FreeBSD 14: Poll armv6 deprecated or removed (just a reference to the new message on freebsd-arch) Message-ID: <20221213202856.GA73930@www.zefox.net> References: <59E6F239-10E1-4958-87BA-49960C7C146E.ref@yahoo.com> <59E6F239-10E1-4958-87BA-49960C7C146E@yahoo.com> List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arm List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.95 / 15.00]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.85)[-0.854]; MID_RHS_WWW(0.50)[]; WWW_DOT_DOMAIN(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-arm@freebsd.org]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7065, ipnet:50.1.16.0/20, country:US]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[zefox.net]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4NWqp524DXz3Klp X-Spamd-Bar: / X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 11:57:42AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 11:48 AM Mark Millard wrote: > > > FYI: The old 2021-Oct-28 message related to armv6 removal > > sequencing/timing has a new follow up finally: > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arch/2022-December/000313.html > > > > (Nothing about this changes the armv7 status.) > > > > Nope. > > tl;dr: armv6 packages will stop, we'll stop doing -current armv6 snapshots, > we'll move armv6 to > an 'extra' architecture in universe for stable/14. post stable/14 we'll > tear down support for armv6 > in base and later in ports. Ports mention armv6 ~500 times, maybe 1/4 of > them also mention armv7, > and the vast majority of them mark things as broken in some way (though > there are exceptions). Apologies if I'm belaboring the obvious, but does that imply armv7 support will go on as now for the near future? Thanks for reading, bob prohaska