From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 1 13:31:52 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95A15B0F for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:31:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from eu1sys200aog121.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog121.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.151]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB985E9 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:31:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f198.google.com ([209.85.217.198]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob121.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKUVmMKgpuygX6QgNCscb+u3qDhtJim6Nb@postini.com; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:31:52 UTC Received: by mail-lb0-f198.google.com with SMTP id v10so3407268lbd.9 for ; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:31:22 -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=IagOCi2Ex2ix4OnVmCImMhnKLC8lHB1M+CCB3abk7HUAh41aO1JqR3I8JVaxmAHIjH KeDVb9Gwh47tsHd5857JJrSJn2QDCRSLuve5iEsbwuCPu29E3YCudK7fS73Dpokrxmq5 pfrwU85OmgTvV2A1Pk1/q+0Hlf2uvRIS9L69YlruEv7cK7jsU7ITc9xSssI5o+G7tMhw 5wqYhxq470INDxNPnBT/cVJ3g4eafRnlYsNzrbdItpDU9jJNt1HZGjJQENITz1EhvJeL M/NoYO0RS+0KNGWwXtrWHmOpNEgnRNy8yG+2QWHMjG0Ln+0J7fadXl8+QnNDeV5yKr2p v6sQ== X-Received: by 10.180.185.197 with SMTP id fe5mr10094176wic.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: ALoCoQnjm70/Nhx9KgbMkbXRUOOqePA7lzkJTB8cSuKSip0s5SVbHaKtm+FAwB0bZVUcieahtWjDUS0nYWTF3xEdT0DNRqTr7MiJ3tS+C/r/3ngKwe1GhOy/W41cTXLfSPZjHOCluQuEMdzKwquQCoe5ytW4xzJSEwu5vBl4occEgAWYGlDbE10= X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: mexas@bristol.ac.uk List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD 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