From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 12 16:21:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69CA316A4D1 for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 16:21:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 215B843D90 for ; Thu, 12 May 2005 16:21:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (212.181.162.201) by pne-smtpout2-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.1.026.7) id 42687F2000591BBD for cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 12 May 2005 18:21:02 +0200 Received: (qmail 50578 invoked by uid 1001); 12 May 2005 16:21:00 -0000 Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 18:21:00 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: "Michael W. Lucas" Message-ID: <20050512162100.GA50447@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Michael W. Lucas" , "Simon L. Nielsen" , Michael Lucas , doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org References: <200505121505.j4CF5c7i076426@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050512152855.GD92175@eddie.nitro.dk> <20050512154337.GA73901@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050512154337.GA73901@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: Michael Lucas cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 16:21:04 -0000 On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:43:37AM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: > On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 05:28:55PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > On 2005.05.12 15:05:38 +0000, Michael Lucas wrote: > > > mwlucas 2005-05-12 15:05:38 UTC > > > > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml > > > Log: > > > Rewrite "math co-processor" answer to make it more clear and readable. > > > > > > Do we even run out-of-the-box on hardware without a math co-processor > > > these days? > > > > I don't think FreeBSD 5 runes without math co-processor at all, but > > I'm not sure. > > I agree: I'm not sure. > > If someone is sure, I would be more than happy to axe the whole > question (along with the other math co-processor FAQs). /usr/src/UPDATING says: 20030722: FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD. Chances are you won't notice. 386+387 support should still work after this change, but it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real FPU hardware. This was between 5.1 and 5.2 so all releases from the 5-STABLE branch need a real FPU. Note that 4.11 still works with an emulated FPU (and is still officially supported) so it might not be wise to remove the section entirely. (While talking about supported hardware it might also be noted that to run 5.x on a real 80386 (+80387 FPU) you need to recompile word+kernel with 386 support (see the 2005027 and 20010116 entries in UPDATING), and for 6-CURRENT all support for a real 80386 (with or without FPU) has been axed completely (20041116 entry in UPDATING)) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se