Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:16:52 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org, imp@bsdimp.com Subject: Re: propose: all arch move into a separate dir Message-ID: <51215.1268050612@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:29:26 EST." <201003080329.o283TQIc011056@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
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In message <201003080329.o283TQIc011056@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>, Garrett Wollma n writes: >If we were talking about 100 architectures, I might feel differently, >but in this universe, we have, what? eight? And there are how many >architectures currently in mass production? This whole discussion is >ridiculous. Actually, that conclusion is probably premature. The System-On-Chip concept is boiling over these days, and everybody and his brother are designing CPUs for themselves. 100 is unlikely, but 8 may be 20 in two years time, depending on the way the wind blows. Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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