Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:42:34 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/i386/net htonl.S ntohl.S Message-ID: <20041018184234.GC10529@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20041018183118.GA80703@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <200410181719.i9IHJa9l097436@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041018173516.GB89681@ip.net.ua> <20041018174511.GA6079@dragon.nuxi.com> <20041018183118.GA80703@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 08:31:18PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:45:11AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > Yes. You missed the discussion in freebsd-current on this? .. > I have certainly not seen any message stating that on -current. To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: [PATCH] optimizing X now that we don't support i386 CPU's on 6-CURRENT Message-ID: <20041016174925.GA96809@dragon.nuxi.com> > I know that the GENERIC kernel does not work on a i386, so that you > need a custom-built kernel to install on a real i386. > I also know that support for FPU-less systems has been dropped, which > means that most 386-based systems (those without an '387) (as well as > systems with a 486sx w/o a 487sx) will not run RELENG_5 or -CURRENT. > > Neither of these means that a real 80386+80387 is unsupported, just > that you need to build a new kernel first. I see nothing wrong with having to build a new userland before it will run on I386 since we already have to do that with the kernel. > I think you people need to decide to either drop support for 80386 > completely (in which case all the '#ifdef I386_CPU' and similar can go > away) or decide to keep support for it, in which case most things > should just work 'out of the box' on a 80386 (without recompilation > needed more than absolutely necessary.) That is a whole nother issue, and I welcome you to bring it up in freebsd-arch@ (vs. as a follow up to this commit) where all can debate it. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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