From nobody Fri Sep 24 13:28:40 2021 X-Original-To: freebsd-mips@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 CF04C1758E15 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:28:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from motion@liurongxing.com) Received: from mail-ot1-x334.google.com (mail-ot1-x334.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::334]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4HGCY03sWkz4qWS for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:28:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from motion@liurongxing.com) Received: by mail-ot1-x334.google.com with SMTP id 5-20020a9d0685000000b0054706d7b8e5so13163586otx.3 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:28:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=liurongxing-com.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=khnk/Tks983qVS+kMhUMDy9F+KslQtnEV6IdGtVZA+s=; b=NxD97HIsLbGX5g5IXQNm4LlmX16kpObMspJiZtka6na5I2STwfHeB8pIRoBpi+10J+ Nc+VLUQxcnsBgNYnUQXNFi7EyuBoaLXxiW+z1eiXhbGaoqz5EVPo9YyP1DKEnHngfg9r z9TtoWPiezlCh273gVoB4ORO1OfA98K+MuJYKjpzq+w2+epeTzV7cq/I3UxAL8KqAzla lJqIVdiQuYUcu0cNYH9OLZwXNROy8webkRirwXlumXnhXJnNDMDayit529irToC0SFwg /hu+HUCyR/cGAhtI5+PwFkZW34b1yHMuSIInKezKN3+5Wv3SCXtbSWBgFVS0dZree0d1 sqpw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=khnk/Tks983qVS+kMhUMDy9F+KslQtnEV6IdGtVZA+s=; b=Oz0mbaeWnmi3EWRuTg60RucYtj4viKMXOSmnTPTRm9JeUH3DlRDx9mbAw3uYEoLnKQ 0e5yorIA8ooAvD6euySr/8klYSebQJqF9JYn5+9VbEAGMm4nyKHpciJ9iwOZvI8KWwLr R4wxTvD37Sf6cE7HYEwTPbYMydbVjIdW5CzL3H/BwhHUSgEMCBRdsUyPth/whJ0SwCge 1OtME6k2Adl6QtERpqoY+b13ov3cyh/RzhijUNQY1TmYzyiPVwwqp2tRtiBCsoultxL8 XtXSoKWID3LUuzuQN2PyjSQLENwMEoz6I66hWMnIHXBhxsP3vGvC3u5UDy+ohGSsfKLI kSVA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531xqsxPNjEK2SCg0pMKOgETQFwvZUSHRwKPqGih/9DQRrce+1Ht 7h8nga2PuXvgqqp/BMI/ozyl41MykQPy8u5y71EtnkxaAg0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzwGXVfeByRJnDuoOoL5z6sgiiffdJr35t3cv/6pRrKvAymMpmHIho/b9NVaQnmEEjZjyvdk8Hheh0wj/gsFjE= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:6944:: with SMTP id p4mr4203543oto.262.1632490131829; Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:28:51 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-mips List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-mips@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Rongxing Liu Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 21:28:40 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: if mips gets dropped To: Janne Johansson Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000068478005ccbdbae3" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HGCY03sWkz4qWS X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: Y --00000000000068478005ccbdbae3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I hope to continue to support it, because there are still many users who love old hardware like us. On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 2:31 PM Janne Johansson wrote: > Seeing how dropping mips is suggested (and I don't have anything to > say about the actual decision in itself), > https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arch/2021-September/000068.html > > ..I would like to ask any fbsd mips owners who are not going to > continue using their devices to please ask around if there is interest > from the other BSD-mips camps to take over the hw, rather than having > it go to the bins. > > Personally, I seem to have a thing for collecting old hw myself > (mostly mips64 these days) but there are others who might also be > good/better recipients for 'abandoned' hw both in the open and netbsd > teams for which this is still an ongoing interest. > > I shall now return to my lurking on this list and back to sniping > mips-hardware on auction sites.. > > -- > May the most significant bit of your life be positive. > > --00000000000068478005ccbdbae3--