From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 13 23:08:17 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B9AEDA3; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:08:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f177.google.com (mail-we0-f177.google.com [74.125.82.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA3F239A; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:08:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f177.google.com with SMTP id x48so1746083wey.8 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:08:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=jyGikEVhy9pucrhkyPgi60xvyS3T/KfSJl6fp5maB64=; b=GURw/cZWAKTmu/FEfuDvcnf0T+KFqwNoJ+eGV+ECGwfQveaxEn8yiCaQglussn+boK X0uo8Q0AbAC9BCv+dhB1umft0mvTi1YQmagvH6Lf9FHFrqIeZRMLCXU3FhP40y8/3nLr TEH3HVsflPBdhvJ4r8CZe3w6soUtBUc9BT4PEDvEnTc5V8IW8Ga0u0oihf93iN1Ynb8N rbEn4lT5TNzTmzZF5d67B0HTzwpik3A/Em1Oi7Z/D5kuQEvKYWPD2voIOlu9Y8mMpQN8 Isk4rIOvHbSIihfFBTPSz8aS6iemfkoQGN2N0TPIAxNTR7lZmZ8m9LXuvZ3i8tJBS3jG CX1Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.195.13.67 with SMTP id ew3mr44497796wjd.59.1358118495747; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:08:15 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.217.57.9 with HTTP; Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:08:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50F33B02.6040303@freebsd.org> References: <20130112233147.GK1410@funkthat.com> <20130113014242.GA61609@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20130113053725.GL1410@funkthat.com> <20130113202952.GO1410@funkthat.com> <20130113224800.GS1410@funkthat.com> <50F33B02.6040303@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:08:15 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: xfqU5mT-RPdRRRItgbvJc8Z-Nso Message-ID: Subject: Re: how long to keep support for gcc on x86? From: Adrian Chadd To: Nathan Whitehorn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:08:17 -0000 ... ? As an embedded platform, I'd expect that people will want to support any feature which dramatically boosts performance whilst reducing CPU. Also, if Intel decide to keep trying to push low power x86 for mobile applications, rather than ARM, x86 may just make a resurgence in places you once thought were servers. 32 bit x86 isn't legacy and won't be for a long time to come. Adrian