Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:19:13 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <XFMail.011019181913.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200110200115.f9K1FsW29202@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On 20-Oct-01 David E. O'Brien wrote: > obrien 2001/10/19 18:15:54 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/i386/conf GENERIC > Log: > Drop support for x87 emulation. Any CPU one would dare to run 5-CURRENT > on would have built-in FP support. Specifically, this drops out of the box support for 486sx's. The idea being that if you have a 486sx you are either running an older more trimmed down version of FreeBSD or building a custom release with a custom kernel that can add back in the emulation code. This saves us some room on the boot floppy at least. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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