On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 11:14:51AM -0800, Cy Schubert wrote: > On February 28, 2019 11:06:46 AM PST, Conrad Meyer <c...@freebsd.org> wrote: > >On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:32 AM Steve Kargl > ><s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > >> This is interesting as well. Does this mean that amd64 is now > >> the only tier 1 platform and all other architectures are after > >> thoughts? > > > >This has been the de facto truth for years. i386 is mostly only > >supported by virtue of sharing code with amd64. There are efforts to > >promote arm64 to Tier 1, but it isn't there yet. Power8+ might be > >another good alternative Tier 1 candidate eventually. None have > >anything like the developer popularity that amd64 enjoys. > > > > We deprecated and removed support for 386 and 486 processors. We should > consider removing support for low end Pentium as well. I'm specifically > thinking of removing the workarounds like F00F. Are there any processors that > are still vulnerable to this? >
Ahem, sys/i386/conf/GENERIC contains "cpu I486_CPU". Is that a typo? -- Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
