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Date:      Fri, 22 Dec 2000 15:33:15 -0800 (PST)
From:      Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@aciri.org>
To:        msmith@FreeBSD.ORG (Mike Smith)
Cc:        babkin@bellatlantic.net, heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Pentium 4
Message-ID:  <200012222333.eBMNXFx79651@iguana.aciri.org>
In-Reply-To: <200012222338.eBMNcfj06065@mass.osd.bsdi.com> from Mike Smith at "Dec 22, 2000  3:38:41 pm"

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> The Linux issue was actually more stupid than that; Linux won't run on a 
> CPU it doesn't recognise.  FreeBSD will only refuse to run on a CPU it 
> recognises as incapable (since that is a much smaller set).

actually, back in 1.1.5 times, i had a kernel which did not have
cpu I586_CPU in the kernel config file, and it did refuse to
run on a pentium

	cheers
	luigi


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