Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 17:35:00 +0200 From: Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl> To: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Do we need this junk? Message-ID: <20070406153500.GE6950@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0704060731l71186e1duea689617af407f4b@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0704050258l4ea754b3n99a1239a81b844a0@mail.gmail.com> <20070405103708.GC842@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <ef10de9a0704050839g7b873dabw5a5e211140781781@mail.gmail.com> <20070405.140109.39240822.imp@bsdimp.com> <ef10de9a0704060715s6b5957daq2fe8a465362e3446@mail.gmail.com> <20070406142326.GC6950@hoeg.nl> <ef10de9a0704060731l71186e1duea689617af407f4b@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] * Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/6/07, Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl> wrote: > >* Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well based on the stats I've posted maybe it's time to split FreeBSD > >> i386 into two platforms, one for embedded/legacy systems and one for > >> modern systems? The needs for each type of system are diametrically > >> opposed, and the modern ones make up the majority of deployed systems. > >> Perhaps FreeBSD i786 or IA32, with the minimum target being a > >> Willamette based Pentium 4, aka SSE2? > > > >So what's the practical advantage of that? That would only break stuff. > >Compiling a kernel without these options practically does the same > >thing. > > > > Break what? Renaming a platform is the root of all evil. Think about the big amount of ports and source code that just check for $arch == "i386". That's the reason the i386 port is still named i386, though it doesn't even support i386 at all (got removed in 6.x). > The primary reason for doing this is optimization and simplification > of support / development. Indeed. You'll simplify development, because half of the developers is unable to run the bloody thing. Just run FreeBSD/amd64 if the legacy bits upset you. -- Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl> WWW: http://g-rave.nl/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGFmik52SDGA2eCwURAlQNAJ0WO0+/U2KKD8AmJE5SUMn4V9CzAACfQvgD cV4HOyu98jANhjfbWp9EGkg= =o278 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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