Re: Future of 32-bit platforms (including i386)

On Mon, Aug 14, 2023, 1:05 PM Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 02:53, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
> wrote:
> >
> > The (only) reason I personally care about 32 bit arm is the BBB's
> > two "PRU" co-processors and low power budget.
>
> It's likely too late for BBB already, it was removed from GENERIC in
> 3416e102c4e9.
>


Yea... of course if someone updates its drivers for the evolution of the
dts "standards" it could come back. Likely only a few days worth of tedious
archeological digs into the linux kernel to see what changed... but so far
nobody has stepped up to the relatively simple, but also tedious work.

Warner

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