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From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: GENERIC kernel (was Re: BeagleBone Crochet Build Problem)
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On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 10:46:06AM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
> Why are we working towards a GENERIC kernel for arm?

My intuition would be:

 - easier to tell new FreeBSD users how to start
 - less work for Release Engineering to make targets

OTOH I'm not doing the work so I don't get to set the
direction :-)

My _opinion_ is that we still seem to have a steeper
curve for our new users than is necessary.  I intend to
think about that more this fall.

mcl