Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 08:28:08 -0700 From: Russell Haley <russ.haley@gmail.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating armv7 MACHINE_ARCH Message-ID: <20170612152808.6094931.74364.27128@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpUjPBRpxpmjtwK-wpiK=%2BwHscS4UmVeatrE7vrm260tw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfpUjPBRpxpmjtwK-wpiK=%2BwHscS4UmVeatrE7vrm260tw@mail.gmail.com>
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Sorry for the top post.=C2=A0 Hasn't Ian Lapore been saying this since pre R10?=E2=80=8E I seems to remem= ber people doing backflips to get around this=E2=80=8E heading up to that r= elease and it was considered to much effort. Can I ask what has changed? Russ Sent=C2=A0from=C2=A0my=C2=A0BlackBerry=C2=A010=C2=A0smartphone=C2=A0on=C2= =A0the=C2=A0Virgin=C2=A0Mobile=C2=A0network. =C2=A0 Original Message =C2=A0 From: Warner Losh Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2017 1:27 PM To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Creating armv7 MACHINE_ARCH While the kernel doesn't really need an armv7 support, there will be a better match to other systems if we create a armv7 MACHINE_ARCH. This will be in addition to the armv6 MACHINE_ARCH we have today. This will allow us to create a package set optimized for armv7 as well as armv6. While it is true the RPI 1 is the only system that needs armv6 binaries, it's quite popular and the Raspberry Pi folks keep creating new variants with the same chip. It would also let us get the package stuff spun up and working before we mess with armv6. This would also separate the fate of armv6 and armv7 support at a later time, but the weak consensus I've heard appears to be that the time isn't yet right to discuss retiring armv6 support... Warner _______________________________________________ freebsd-arm@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arm-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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