Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:26:44 +0200 Paolo Aglialoro <paol...@gmail.com> > Thank you for the explanation, Otto. > > Is this a hint that soon i386 architecture will be deprecated?
Hello Paolo, Considering that it's worth reading the reply without misinterpreting anything, it is here quoting this again: "What other OS maintainers do is their choice". Let's not invent reasons to claim if it does not work for you then nobody else. Kind regards, Anton Lazarov MScEng EECSIT > Considering that supported hw (at least graphics) is going more and more to > overlap with amd64, at the very end i386 would remain only for some > routerboards. > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 8:14 PM Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 04:55:04PM +0200, Paolo Aglialoro wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I read from the 6.5 to 6.6 upgrade guide that the following files: > > > > > > > > > */usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3_drv.la <http://s3_drv.la> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3_drv.so > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3virge_drv.la <http://s3virge_drv.la> > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3virge_drv.so/usr/X11R6/man/man4/s3.4 > > > /usr/X11R6/man/man4/s3virge.4* > > > > > > are being deleted as "retired". Does this mean that my IBM T23 will stop > > > its X-life at 6.5 or is its S3 Virge video card supported in some other > > > decent way (VESA or whatever)? I would be glad to know it *before* trying > > > this upgrade. > > > > > > If the sad answer would be "no more support", could I ask why this, > > > together with several i686 still working boxes, would be dropped while > > > other OSs aren't doing so? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/xenocara/driver/Makefile?rev=1.74&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup > > > > explains it: > > > > "Unlink a number of old video drivers from the build. > > > > The corresponding hardware is out of date, barely useable > > with modern systems and their code is not maintained. > > ok sthen@" > > > > We have a very limited numnbers of volunteers. In general, code is a > > liability, not an asset. What other OS maintainers do is their choice. > > > > -Otto > >
