Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:31:02 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: des@des.no Cc: deischen@freebsd.org, scottl@samsco.org, d@delphij.net, julian@elischer.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Utilize i686, SSE and MMX by default on FreeBSD/i386 Message-ID: <20100322.133102.756786594490272788.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <867hp4i2oe.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <86y6hkiien.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100322.125222.690091871650369537.imp@bsdimp.com> <867hp4i2oe.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
: > > Not all "small appliances" are flash-based; the Geode-based soekr=
is can
: > > use 2.5" disks and has enough memory to run a stock install. The=
only
: > > trouble I've had is with /etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named, wh=
ich
: > > uses an ungodly amount of memory. The AMD Geode is more or less
: > > equivalent to a Pentium MMX, and does not have SSE.
: > You don't really get into the small to flash install realm until yo=
u
: > start hitting some of the !x86 embedded boxes. There, you have to
: > have a hand-crafted firmware load for each box or a limited range o=
f
: > boxes.
: =
: I know, I know, I know. My point is that not all !SSE machines are t=
iny
: embedded systems that can't run GENERIC.
Agreed. Most systems in use today that are !SSE are pretty beefy.
Warner
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