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Subject: Re: propose: all arch move into a separate dir
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In message: <401095.35021.qm@web59107.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
            paradox <ddkprog@yahoo.com> writes:
: iam propose all the architecture move in a separate directory
: as is done in openbsd and netbsd
: 
: ie 
: #mkdir /usr/src/sys/arch
: #mv -R /usr/src/sys/{amd64,arm,i386,ia64,mips,pc98,powerpc,sparc64,sun4v,xen,x86) /usr/src/sys/arch/
: 
: Would it ever done in freebsd?

No.  That ship sailed in 1995.

Besides, it would be the mother of all bikesheds.  Do we want to have
a sys/cpu/{mips,x86,arm,etc} for CPU support and a sys/arch/$MACHINE
for support for machines that use that, how does that interact with
source doe that assumes certain things in machine/foo.h.  Or do we
want to have better organized sub-ports.  Do we want to reorg config
while we're at it, and what about modules.  And sys/dev is too
crowded, let's fix that too while we're at it.

The end result: gridlock and nothing will happen.

Warner