Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:14:55 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Marius Bendiksen <Marius.Bendiksen@scancall.no> Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, joelh@gnu.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on i386 memory model Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.981123101322.802A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981123144427.00b40940@mail.scancall.no>
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On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Marius Bendiksen wrote: > >Of course we don't. Nobody who cares about speed is going to use a 486. > > Are you saying that we're going to say to people "Hey, FreeBSD is not > intended to run on anything less than a Pentium, we don't wish to get > involved with anything less, the people out there who're stuck with a 486 > had better go support Linux instead?" When the change adds complexity without a significant return, yes. The change only affects a small userbase as well. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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