Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:06:46 -0800 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> To: 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: <CAG6CVpWasUzvHv56t8trK_6=wr-o_w4PnNDUir-Ye=kQXofoOQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190228183214.GA17372@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> 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>
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:32 AM Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > This is interesting as well. 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. i386 is mostly only supported by virtue of sharing code with amd64. There are efforts to promote arm64 to Tier 1, but it isn't there yet. Power8+ might be another good alternative Tier 1 candidate eventually. None have anything like the developer popularity that amd64 enjoys. Conrad
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