Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:16:39 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] : remove unreliable, unused and unmainained arch from kernel. |
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Renate Meijer wrote:
> > On Apr 1, 2005, at 3:09 PM, linux-os wrote: > >> >> [PATCH snipped] >> >> Cruel joke. Now 80 percent of the Intel clones won't boot. >> Those are the ones that run industry, you know, the stuff that >> is necessary to earn money. >> >> Without i386 support, you don't have any embedded systems. You >> need to use the garbage Motorola CPUs and the proprietary >> operating systems in embedded stuff. > > Have you checked your calender yet? > > Besides... Never heard of ARM? Atmel has a complete line of those, > which seem very usefull.
I'm quite aware of the date and time, thank you. The 'i386 architecture is the Intel-like stuff that doesn't have all the newer gee-whiz things that are of little value in the embedded area.
And, ARM is an exploded-cost over-hyped RISC device with poor I/O capability that assumes that the world is interfaced in 32-bit chunks. It also can't take advantage of the cost economies that you get from the devices used in the PC mass-market like memory-controllers, PCI-IO bridges and etc.
Although these are used in the new "high-definition" TVs I can assure you that there are many more PC components being manufactured now than high-definition TV sets. Eventually, the ARM, or something that supersedes it might make sense. Right not, forget it.
So, basically, you guys think you can single-handedly remove Linux from the embedded market and re-do it just for servers? Or are you going to leave some capability for desk-tops, too?
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