Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:32:42 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@aciri.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, babkin@bellatlantic.net, heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium 4 Message-ID: <20001223143242.C59497@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <200012222333.eBMNXFx79651@iguana.aciri.org>; from rizzo@aciri.org on Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 03:33:15PM -0800 References: <200012222338.eBMNcfj06065@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <200012222333.eBMNXFx79651@iguana.aciri.org>
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On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 03:33:15PM -0800, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > 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 It is still like this - if you do not have support for your CPU *class*, FreeBSD will refuse to boot. However, you do not have to have support for each and every CPU model from this class - a I686_CPU kernel will very happily run on Pentium 4 CPU's. Or am I raving again? :) Feel free to correct any gross errors I've made :) G'luck, Peter -- I had to translate this sentence into English because I could not read the original Sanskrit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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