Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:11:10 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: alk@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: high-efficiency SMP locks - submission for review Message-ID: <199906290011.KAA10915@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <14200.2161.578451.967112@avalon.east> from Anthony Kimball at "Jun 28, 1999 6:45:58 pm"
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Anthony Kimball wrote: > Quoth John Birrell on Tue, 29 June: > : > : Some of us use the 386EX as an embedded processor in low power (~2W) > : memory based applications. Dropping support for 386 (UP) from FreeBSD > : would fork a new *BSD! > > Just to make explicit the obvious: That's why there's a "cpu I386_CPU" > config option; there's no reason to retain 386 compatibility if it > isn't present. And that is (explicitly and exclusively!) used on my 386 target systems. The point I was trying to make, however, is that the 386 compatibility code must continue to exist in any changes to the kernel sources. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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