Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:37:42 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22C=2E_Bergstr?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=F6m=22?= <cbergstrom@pathscale.com> Cc: Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> Subject: Re: opteron a1100 arm Message-ID: <52F179C6.2050400@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <60985.1391554164@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401311911120.2427@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1391538649.19169.79261269.3C5F49D1@webmail.messagingengine.com> <CAFU734xXWyc_TqBJ7e4MhD2nB01BAejR_1vT9%2B_5Ar5mJncncA@mail.gmail.com> <493DEB39-C4B4-409E-B8B2-B1B11E013754@netgate.com> <20140204223528.GF23872@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <52F16BA4.4060202@pathscale.com> <60985.1391554164@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 02/04/14 16:49, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <52F16BA4.4060202@pathscale.com>, =?UTF-8?B?IkMuIEJlcmdzdHLDtm0i?= w > rites: > >> Think about how much power interconnects takes, PCIe and everything else.. > Not to mention the raw savings of avoiding all the crap that has > been nailed inexpertly onto the X86 platform over the years... > > Did you notice that "X86 arduino" Intel just launched ? > > Does anybody but me cringe at the thought of an Arduino with UEFI, ACPI, > microcode updates and SMM ticking away in the background to make sure > it doesn't run too hot ? > This AMD platform has UEFI and ACPI, so that's at least 2 out of 4... -Nathan
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