On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 12:01:28PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: >On Feb 11, Arnd Bergmann <a...@linaro.org> wrote: > >> I agree that changing the i386 port is probably a bad idea at the moment, >> let's see how the armhf port turns out and fix all the bugs first, as this >> is clearly needed anyway. Once there is a working armhf version with >> full time64 user space, there can be a separate discussion about what >> to do with the i386 port (phase out i386 before y2038, migrate all of >> i386 to time64 quickly, have two separate i386 ports, or something >> else). >I have still not seen any explanation about why we expect that 32 bit >ARM systems will still be popular (as non-embedded) ~15 years from now.
That's a fair question to ask! We're already seeing quite a number of people embedding small-ish ARMv7 boards in infrastructure, and AIUI a lot of them are using Debian as a base already - see the Civil Infrastructure Platform as an example: https://www.cip-project.org/ As these people are already engaging in ELTS work, I don't expect that this setup is going to go away any time soon. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com You raise the blade, you make the change... You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane...
