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Date:      Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:14:51 -0800
From:      Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
To:        cem@freebsd.org, Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>, sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: r343567 aka PAE vs non-PAE merge breaks i386 freebsd
Message-ID:  <866D86B4-6E47-46BA-BC4C-6E98DA94403E@cschubert.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAG6CVpWasUzvHv56t8trK_6=wr-o_w4PnNDUir-Ye=kQXofoOQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20190222033924.GA25285@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20190222060410.GA25817@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20190223032644.GA14058@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CAG6CVpW7y1qwxeU_gNWGmnKsgUkXKUTnmSwd3O2ByPdo_EO3uw@mail.gmail.com> <20190223163947.GB18805@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <f38f2329-900b-2ae2-02e6-e1b993f9250a@FreeBSD.org> <20190228183214.GA17372@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CAG6CVpWasUzvHv56t8trK_6=wr-o_w4PnNDUir-Ye=kQXofoOQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On February 28, 2019 11:06:46 AM PST, Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd=2Eorg> wrot=
e:
>On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:32 AM Steve Kargl
><sgk@troutmask=2Eapl=2Ewashington=2Eedu> wrote:
>> This is interesting as well=2E  Does this mean that amd64 is now
>> the only tier 1 platform and all other architectures are after
>> thoughts?
>
>This has been the de facto truth for years=2E  i386 is mostly only
>supported by virtue of sharing code with amd64=2E  There are efforts to
>promote arm64 to Tier 1, but it isn't there yet=2E  Power8+ might be
>another good alternative Tier 1 candidate eventually=2E  None have
>anything like the developer popularity that amd64 enjoys=2E
>
>Conrad
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We deprecated and removed support for 386 and 486 processors=2E We should =
consider removing support for low end Pentium as well=2E I'm specifically t=
hinking of removing the workarounds like F00F=2E Are there any processors t=
hat are still vulnerable to this?

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Pardon the typos and autocorrect, small keyboard in use=2E
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy=2ESchubert@cschubert=2Ecom>
FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD=2Eorg> Web: http://www=2EFreeBSD=2Eorg

	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few=2E



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