From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 17:14:34 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9061106564A; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:14:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3BD58FC20; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:14:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o2JH7xb0080850; Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:07:59 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:08:17 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20100319.110817.359828849554409880.imp@bsdimp.com> To: ed@80386.nl From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20100319114426.GO32142@hoeg.nl> References: <201003190116.o2J1Gr2v094129@svn.freebsd.org> <20100319114426.GO32142@hoeg.nl> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, delphij@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r205307 - head/sys/i386/conf X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:14:35 -0000 In message: <20100319114426.GO32142@hoeg.nl> Ed Schouten writes: : * Xin LI wrote: : > Log: : > SSE is enabled by default about 5 years ago so there is no point pretending : > that we support I486 and I586 CPUs in the GENERIC kernel, users wants these : > support would have to build a custom kernel to explicitly disable SSE : > anyways. : > : > MFC after: 1 month : : Could we please leave i586 here? I agree people should throw their : Pentiums on the scrapyard, but only supporting i686 by default is a bit : too agressive in my opinion. I don't think we should MFC this change at all. Geodes are still fairly popular machines and have 486 cores in them. Warner