Re: What's the plan for powerpc64 in FreeBSD 16

On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:07:23 +0000
"Poul-Henning Kamp" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Minsoo Choo writes:
> 
> > After reading replies, I still have questions why we should keep
> > powerpc64be.  
> 
> > Second, regarding arguments about keeping big-endian support in codebase
> > even if no one actually physically runs the code:
> > This also applies to leaving 32-bit code (armv7) in tree for future
> > compatibility.  
> 
> I think that is a bit of a leap, although in principle I agree.
> 
> However, I am much less convinced that a relevant new 32 bit platform
> will appear, than that somebody comes out with a 64 BE platform.

IoT. It's much pain to work with 16-bits there now.

> Bit-rot is a thing, and unless we are willing to say "Screw anybody
> silly enough to create BE platform now or in the future" we should
> still guard against it.

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