From owner-freebsd-small Wed Dec 20 11:46:56 2000 From owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 20 11:46:54 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C5537B400; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:46:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eBKJkps20615; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:46:52 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id MAA10857; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:46:50 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200012201946.MAA10857@harmony.village.org> To: "Michael C . Wu" Subject: Re: StrongARM support? Cc: Thomas Runge , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 Dec 2000 03:19:54 CST." <20001220031954.A19117@peorth.iteration.net> References: <20001220031954.A19117@peorth.iteration.net> <20001219125657.A94588@peorth.iteration.net> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:46:50 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: imp@harmony.village.org Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20001220031954.A19117@peorth.iteration.net> "Michael C . Wu" writes: : It was my understanding from BSDCon2000 that we are targeting : more platforms. It is my sense of core that core would support new architectures if they make sense. To make sense, the architecutre must be widely deployed (or about to be widely deployed). It must have enough brains that a port can be undertaken w/o rewriting large parts of the system (the MMU requirement). It must have enough of a life to make it worth while. And it must have a base of users that are willing to support it in the long haul. By long haul, I mean multiple years. StrongARM generally fits into this model. What is lacking is a good prototype. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message