r343567 aka PAE vs non-PAE merge breaks i386 freebsd

Conrad Meyer cem at freebsd.org
Thu Feb 28 19:07:05 UTC 2019


On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:32 AM Steve Kargl
<sgk at 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.

Conrad


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