From owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Fri Jul 13 17:12:30 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51AFF10448CB for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:12:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [195.149.99.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "raven.bwct.de", Issuer "raven.bwct.de" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BAD5E8F6AF for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:12:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from mail.cicely.de ([10.1.1.37]) by raven.bwct.de (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id w6DHCQ4R059718 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:12:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cicely.de; s=default; t=1531501947; bh=cAYGfQADlLA1PIBSvUoc+w+QblUP/ZE9qVKmcYATn6Q=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Reply-To:References:In-Reply-To; b=Tb2YNsmIApaf87cyG1LJauJCxYzKO0435TBsl8GchLh9wu02MiauWTqpt03mSpVLu yQAtcTzV7Gv3DUeOLogp3eZNsBlkzGdMGdoFaM1gsBr6J3gn0S6rKNsSc9+pm2SHih 13mQYuXtBIDLLlddSicIcWd6bMMSpJ7dAqokm/3Y= Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (cicely7.cicely.de [10.1.1.9]) by mail.cicely.de (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id w6DHCBPt007423 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:12:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id w6DHCBFm047075 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:12:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w6DHCBs8047074; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:12:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:12:11 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Warner Losh Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Retiring two more: Atmel and Xscale Message-ID: <20180713171210.GD40394@cicely7.cicely.de> Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely7.cicely.de 11.0-STABLE amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on spamd.cicely.de X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:12:30 -0000 On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:15:02PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > I'd like to retire Atmel and Xscale support prior to 12. The atmel stuff > has been dodgy for a long time and generally lacks the memory to run > FreeBSD well. We have no current users of it. [1]beaver.cicely.de> uname -a FreeBSD beaver.cicely.de 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Nov 22 07:52:33 CET 2009 ticso@beaver.cicely.de:/mnt2/arm-2009-04-17/head/sys/arm/compile/BEAVER arm But yes, I think it is - unfortunately - a dead end with them and if I ever intend to go for a more recent FreeBSD version I will also change the hardware. > The Xscale stuff is old enough to not be relevant. There's no known users. > Part of it is already set to go with the big endian stuff, but is there a > reason to keep the rest? -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.