Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:09:29 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... Message-ID: <XFMail.001114100929.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <11485.974210886@critter>
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On 14-Nov-00 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > If no /entropy is found it takes a full minute to do the randomdev > seeding during boot on a P5/133. > > Has anybody run a 486 or 386 under current recently ? > > Have we defacto discontinued them from current ? > > I can see the advantage for the SMPng people in dropping the 386/486 > and I'm approaching the level where I would be willing to say: "Sorry, > stick with 4.x for i386/i486". Actually, the only pessimisms for SMPng are on the 386. The 486 has the 'cmpxchg' instruction that makes SMPng go. :) > What is the consensus ? What is the current processor of choice for embedded stuff? Is x86 even a good architecture for embedded work? That is the only place that I would see the 386 still being alive... -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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