Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:14:20 +0100 From: phk@FreeBSD.ORG To: Alex <akruijff@dds.nl> Cc: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 80386 out of GENERIC Message-ID: <24244.1039900460@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:07:20 %2B0100." <635948263.20021214220720@dds.nl>
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In message <635948263.20021214220720@dds.nl>, Alex writes: > >Dear/Beste Johnson, > >I read this on the advocacy list. > >Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 7:56:44 PM, you wrote: > >> Support for the 80386 processor has been removed from the GENERIC kernel. The >> default FreeBSD kernel is now more optimized for modern CPUs. No longer do >> you have to settle for performance draining compatibility with hardware you >> haven't owned in a decade. > >I don't feel this is a good decision. (I still have a 486, act as a >small server and a 286 witch is in storage) This basally means that >any one who doesn't have the latest processor can't install FreeBSD. No it doesn't mean that. FreeBSD still runs on all 386 family CPUs, the only difference is that if you want to run it on a 80386 you need to enable an option in your kernel config file. It will out of the box run on 486 and anything later. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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