From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 12:16:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8737106566C for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:16:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from phk.freebsd.dk (phk.freebsd.dk [130.225.244.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D30B8FC1E for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:16:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [192.168.61.3]) by phk.freebsd.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68D3E63EA; Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:16:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o28CGqDf051216; Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:16:52 GMT (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Garrett Wollman From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:29:26 EST." <201003080329.o283TQIc011056@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:16:52 +0000 Message-ID: <51215.1268050612@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: current@freebsd.org, imp@bsdimp.com Subject: Re: propose: all arch move into a separate dir X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:16:54 -0000 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.