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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:56:11 -0700
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 41582f28ddf7 - main - sys: Add a deprecation warning for 32-bit kernels.
Message-ID:  <7315f078-32fd-89ef-01fa-3010cce751bf@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <202308161653.37GGrWAg057996@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202308161653.37GGrWAg057996@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On 8/16/23 9:53 AM, John Baldwin wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by jhb:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=41582f28ddf7b42b713b270d41e8da80160b69a3
> 
> commit 41582f28ddf7b42b713b270d41e8da80160b69a3
> Author:     John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2023-08-16 16:48:51 +0000
> Commit:     John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2023-08-16 16:48:51 +0000
> 
>      sys: Add a deprecation warning for 32-bit kernels.
>      
>      Per recent discussions on arch@ and at the BSDCan developer summit, we
>      are considering removing support for 32-bit platforms (in some form)
>      for 15.0 (at the earliest).  A final decision on what will ship in
>      15.0 will be made closer to the release of 15.0.  However, we should
>      communicate the potential deprecation in 14.0 to provide notice to
>      users.
>      
>      This commit adds a warning during boot on 32-bit kernels that they are
>      deprecated and may be removed in 15.0.  More details will be included
>      in a followup commit to RELNOTES.

We should also merge this to stable/13 before the next 13.x release.

-- 
John Baldwin




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