From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50AE2138334 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:39:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2350E09DE; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:39:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pf1-f194.google.com (mail-pf1-f194.google.com [209.85.210.194]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95A3CE09D5 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 20:39:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pf1-f194.google.com with SMTP id i26-v6so1510125pfo.12 for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:39:30 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=shBPX6F6Gmt1w/wgJawv55yT/w4Nv9JKqcvV83lyYJc=; b=BK5LEPiRbToPwlKNsW34oZHMpSrtFJRCWN0s9ntvZQ7Rs2Tdmuwoj3+5Ycd9Zfw+0K YTnE4xRFut03wYWRTNuweqNf4m4m1XjX8S1l76n4LA0bDm5kckonHaMqjIPyxFtH7RHM V5ycG0wXkXOBf7G3ZrYQLJ1sGf+1MUYRNfY/7QQL+ekatmUw1oPZGC7jzA5TNeun+TG2 UhSFqUz4WLHp+7FIHorus36bgPGs+nDFdmFJl+wHekKkQlY1Bpi71pfOTM6kSVzkgItZ qN0UA/WhYZ6+UF4vrtXtivrTiY/WXD9IzJXHe+vh2vVLypU/zoRHmhUD2b+Hof9jnHzB zsDQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlGS8UVa8DCHPty4ajsDXzje6YfzDOM7fLeP9Y8BJCMR/XLH26lQ RR48ibhVv9rw1OyCypUipU6CO9plbZLrw+TfcJXccVDS X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA+uWPx1eLjUDdSR1dJ9O1Gut7xiqIhHZIlSsrRb3nNe3K9oM5T8GDXL5tUoOX+qhwIg5yP2rNxgtLw8u0v6B+0HciU= X-Received: by 2002:a65:5304:: with SMTP id m4-v6mr52819149pgq.250.1534970369415; Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:39:29 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5cc35530-3d96-1a0f-b484-73ea3d58bed5@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: From: Rich Freeman Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:39:16 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo i486 support To: r030t1@gmail.com Cc: gentoo-dev , Gentoo x86 AT , release@gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: b656a8a3-e73b-4fae-9ae4-006a4cb5ca68 X-Archives-Hash: 636167405571fcf3ab0de551bce8c245 On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 4:27 PM R0b0t1 wrote: > > Even newer embedded i586 and i686 hardware isn't cost effective > considering power consumption. When considering power it often does > not even make sense to run donated hardware ~5 years old. > I was referring to running the x86 arch on hardware that is otherwise-capable of running the amd64 arch. I'm not really sure how important that would be, but I wanted to at least consider the possibility. In any case, this is becoming moot it seems. -- Rich