Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 22:51:32 +0200 From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>, "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Using float emulator on a system with FPU? Message-ID: <19990712225132.A18351@skriver.dk> In-Reply-To: <000001becca6$90be9880$021d85d1@youwant.to>; from David Schwartz on Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 01:38:57PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907121634400.65911-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> <000001becca6$90be9880$021d85d1@youwant.to>
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On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 01:38:57PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > > > Why shouldn't we? Noone uses machines without FPUs anymore. > > What non-ancient > > > CPU doesn't have an FPU? And we're talking about the i386 family here... > > > > > > > Embedded systems, anyone? > > True, but how late a version do you really want to run on them? I've left > even my P60's at FreeBSD-2.x and have no intention of ever upgrading them. Lots of new embedded systems are slow pentiums, and quite a few are 486, probably sx some of them ... /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver (JS4261-RIPE), Network manager Tele Danmark DataNet, IP section (AS3292) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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