Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:47:45 -0600 From: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... Message-ID: <20001130214745.E28757@peorth.iteration.net> In-Reply-To: <20001201102915.G1474@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>; from peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au on Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:29:15AM %2B1100 References: <11485.974210886@critter> <20001201102915.G1474@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
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On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:29:15AM +1100, Peter Jeremy scribbled: | On 2000-Nov-14 15:08:06 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: | >Has anybody run a 486 or 386 under current recently ? | | X on a PRE_SMPNG 486 is painful - mouse movements no longer make | the X pointer move in real time. I haven't noticed the seeding | issue (probably just luck). PRE_SMPNG does not have the /dev/random seeding issue. You actually expected X to run well on a 486? :-) | >What is the consensus ? | | I think 386/486 remains a significant market and would not like to | see support dropped. I'd go so far as to suggest that if -current | does drop support for the 386/486, the then-stable version will need | to be actively maintained indefinitely to provide continued support. I do not really think the latest XFree86 versions were designed with running 386/486 in mind. 386/486 is still a market, but not many people try to build an embedded system with a full X and tools. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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