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Date:      Sat, 20 May 2023 14:14:17 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Future of 32-bit platforms (including i386)
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfobbiuihpEZ9sUV_LwvhNpeLP6Y1nxfXUidqCOhiMejYg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 11:20=E2=80=AFAM John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wro=
te:

> My proposal is that for 14.x we treat i386 like any other Tier 2
> platform.  That is, release images and packages would only be provided
> on a best-effort basis, and we would not guarantee providing them.  I
> think we should also stop shipping binary updates for the base system
> (freebsd-update) for 14.x for i386.
>

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/envisi=
oning-future-simplified-architecture.html

contains Intel's plans for the future. They have removed support for bootin=
g
16/32-bit and non-UEFI from their firmware as of 2020...

Warner

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 11:20=E2=80=
=AFAM John Baldwin &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jhb@freebsd.org">jhb@freebsd.org</=
a>&gt; wrote:</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
My proposal is that for 14.x we treat i386 like any other Tier 2<br>
platform.=C2=A0 That is, release images and packages would only be provided=
<br>
on a best-effort basis, and we would not guarantee providing them.=C2=A0 I<=
br>
think we should also stop shipping binary updates for the base system<br>
(freebsd-update) for 14.x for i386.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><a =
href=3D"https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technica=
l/envisioning-future-simplified-architecture.html">https://www.intel.com/co=
ntent/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/envisioning-future-simplified-=
architecture.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>contains Intel&#39;s pla=
ns for the future. They have removed support for booting</div><div>16/32-bi=
t and non-UEFI from their firmware as of 2020...</div><div><br></div><div>W=
arner</div><div><br></div></div></div>

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