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> In-Reply-To: <aaa3e005-5f72-f422-56b1-932842379e15@FreeBSD.org> References: <aaa3e005-5f72-f422-56b1-932842379e15@FreeBSD.org>
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--000000000000555a7205fc25afa7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --000000000000555a7205fc25afa7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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 <<a href=3D"mailto:jhb@freebsd.org">jhb@freebsd.org</= a>> 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'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> --000000000000555a7205fc25afa7--
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