On 05/11/2009 03:55 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 14:51 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > >> I would really like to see a proliferation of secondary arches in >> Fedora, but I don't think 'workstation' is a viable usage model for >> them to get started. Most will have to focus on the type of hardware >> that actually sells for that arch, and yes I realize that can be at >> odds with some of the directions Fedora is going. > > Semi-sidetrack here: Ubuntu has a secondary 'architecture' called LPIA > which is, in fact, just an alternative set of compiler optimizations > which they claim results in better code for 'netbook > systems' (presumably meaning 'Atom CPUs'). Would that be something we > could look into, or not interesting? Sure, I see no reason why someone couldn't take that on as a "secondary arch". It would need a new arch identifier target for rpm to prevent namespace collisions. ~spot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
