Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:45:31 +0200 From: Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 14: Poll armv6 deprecated or removed Message-ID: <YXrFm2lCEGBkMyLU@fuz.su> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfr_WsHbbeY6FyKxFdx7dOaFEhk%2BiJLYQ6F4rLOUuf-zRQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANCZdfr_WsHbbeY6FyKxFdx7dOaFEhk%2BiJLYQ6F4rLOUuf-zRQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, I have just bought an armv6 board a few days ago to improve package support for this platform. But alas apart from maintaining an assembly code base with specific support for armv6 FreeBSD [1], that's really the only thing I'm doing with it. So not really important for me either way, but if you ask I'm in favour of keeping armv6 support. Yours, Robert Clausecker [1]: https://mecrisp.sourceforge.net Am Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 09:37:03AM -0600 schrieb Warner Losh: > Greetings, > > Given that the number of available and useful armv6 boards has fallen to > almost zero, the time has come to look hard at armv6. > > There's a number of options. > > 1. Keep it as is. This will only happen if there's a lot more users than we > think (and we think there's nearly zero users of FreeBSD 13 and newer that > would want to run FreeBSD 14). > > 2. Stop building packages. Given it's small to non-existent user base, it > makes no sense to provide a package building service for it. > 2a. We should likely do this anyway for all stable branches since it's a > net negative in terms of cost/benefit analysis: lots of effort to produce, > very little use. > > 3. Disconnect it from universe: This will mean it will rot, though. It's a > necessary step in removal. > > 4. Remove support for armv6 in base entirely. This will orphan any RPiB and > RPi0 users out there. However, the RPiB hasn't been sold in a few years, > and the RPI0's connectivity is severely lacking given no SDIO support. > > So, which of these steps do we do before FreeBSD 14 and which before > FreeBSD 15? > > My vote would be to do 1-4 for 14 including 2a. > > Warner -- () ascii ribbon campaign - for an 8-bit clean world /\ - against html email - against proprietary attachments
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