Re: [RFC] : remove unreliable, unused and unmainained arch from kernel.

["Richard B. Johnson" <linux-os@analogic.com>]

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?

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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