From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 23 07:16:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA25140 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:16:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hp9000.chc-chimes.com (hp9000.chc-chimes.com [206.67.97.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA25057 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:16:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billf@chc-chimes.com) Received: from localhost by hp9000.chc-chimes.com with SMTP (1.39.111.2/16.2) id AA009764095; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:14:55 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:14:55 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola To: Marius Bendiksen Cc: John Polstra , joelh@gnu.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on i386 memory model In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981123144427.00b40940@mail.scancall.no> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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