Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2020 00:50:02 +0100 From: Charles Lecklider <freebsd-stable@lists.invis.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot find announcement that min supported i386 CPU is now i686 Message-ID: <2986c4ef-6e73-50f9-215e-20e8a9793434@lists.invis.net> In-Reply-To: <20200831205136.GA15141@elch.exwg.net> References: <4460db23-9a29-7972-1b41-74585764a5d7@lists.invis.net> <20200831205136.GA15141@elch.exwg.net>
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On 2020-08-31 21:51, Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote: > Given that the hardware notes > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.4R/hardware.html#proc-i386 > explicitely claim 80486 compatibility, I'd guess this was not a > consciuous decision but a blunder which wasn't caught Hmm.... I'd assumed that each release was at least *booted* on a real 486, but obviously not. > (perhaps as > hardware of that vintage is getting rare these days. That box > must be old enough to buy alcohol by now?). Yes, I first built it in 1998 IIRC; it ran Windows for a few years (desktop, gaming) then FreeBSD from about 2002. It's been in nearly continuous operation since, although I did have to replace the PSU last year ;-) -C
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