From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 1 13:31:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9149EB0D for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:31:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from eu1sys200aog102.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog102.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.113]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9B185EA for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:31:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ea0-f199.google.com ([209.85.215.199]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob102.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUVmMKS3ejPMiqPriftPOENCgo0aLn4Qg@postini.com; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:31:52 UTC Received: by mail-ea0-f199.google.com with SMTP id z7so3603213eaf.10 for ; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:31:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:x-received:date:from:message-id:to:subject:reply-to :in-reply-to:x-gm-message-state; bh=46xsJaPAwaiZQ13WUVeDdt1aPeJ25vyEfMzO6zqRmXw=; b=ljeTaolHtNyWTDbgfURaFOS6l/P84dkX1kAGNbqoRVI2ZgrW0f72tGkkhw6PU3uUDO GsBymuFi2O9lQBNdgCOD7egzU9J3eHNIWNXO5Gu8Afz+edO8LlmSjmqlsl/UdA4ncTYi 27YDiCmFPW4Js8QvP7WJIEwsropQBOK7g9sKIMztpwHi48oEExFoRinBcZfJiJLwW1qR ZweSeuzX4mWheUqwUH3HY44pABey3gu3YKM/TjZbq2E9Z94cG89X1iwbrmW9ZwbN12TL PY40nfrZ0DtF7Tvp9qw2C6GggMFl/um9fpNBHSsNizUZnJrLHvL1t8aLWIZL02OWt+8A /iCg== X-Received: by 10.180.185.197 with SMTP id fe5mr10094175wic.3.1364823081899; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:31:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.185.197 with SMTP id fe5mr10094166wic.3.1364823081833; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:31:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.187.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g9sm15030078wix.1.2013.04.01.06.31.14 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:31:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r31DVDPd052857 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 1 Apr 2013 14:31:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r31DVCJw052856; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 14:31:12 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 14:31:12 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201304011331.r31DVCJw052856@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, lists@eitanadler.com Subject: Re: considering i386 as a tier 1 architecture In-Reply-To: X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmDLWSgrX5nR5Z4afoByeW+g92TcA5BL7lkkeQNGQrhgaMqjueEcHEQvhy2g8jKPM7WW4A1ue1tqTvju9zy7OR2dSznHkKcCohxnrkrD+gLQaJXpOAB2aE3UGMO744EhRv1hBjtFQnanC4B+ksq76I+OA3CuhbvgHVkep9SEX0uJw3DX9Y= X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:31:52 -0000 From: Eitan Adler Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 00:48:08 -0400 Subject: considering i386 as a tier 1 architecture To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Hackers should drop support for the i386 architecture for 10.0 to tier 2 and replace it with the ARM architecture as Tier 1. don't care for i386, don't use it anymore. Is ARM really ready for tier 1? Including the ports infrastructure? Installation images? Anton