From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 23 12:08:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA10274 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:08:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rgate.ricochet.net (rgate1.ricochet.net [204.179.143.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA10253 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:08:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from enkhyl@scient.com) Received: from mg-20425418-139.ricochet.net (mg-20425418-139.ricochet.net [204.254.18.139]) by rgate.ricochet.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA16413; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 14:08:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:06:40 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Nielsen X-Sender: enkhyl@ender.sf.scient.com Reply-To: cnielsen@pobox.com To: Marius Bendiksen cc: John Polstra , joelh@gnu.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on i386 memory model In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981123144427.00b40940@mail.scancall.no> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Marius Bendiksen wrote: > >Of course we don't. Nobody who cares about speed is going to use a 486. > > Are you saying that we're going to say to people "Hey, FreeBSD is not > intended to run on anything less than a Pentium, we don't wish to get > involved with anything less, the people out there who're stuck with a 486 > had better go support Linux instead?" The point being made is that if you're interested in high performance, you're not going to be using a 486 based server. You'll spend the extra money and buy a faster CPU. That does not mean FreeBSD won't support 486 based machines. What's the point in improving performance by a miniscule amount for an already slow CPU? It's a waste of developer time, IMHO. -- Christopher Nielsen Scient: The eBusiness Systems Innovator cnielsen@scient.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message