Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:06:24 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.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: <199811231806.LAA25928@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981123144427.00b40940@mail.scancall.no> References: <86hfvuia7y.fsf@detlev.UUCP> <199811181842.KAA06180@apollo.backplane.com> <3.0.5.32.19981120103442.0099f460@mail.scancall.no> <199811201714.JAA18156@vashon.polstra.com> <3.0.5.32.19981123144427.00b40940@mail.scancall.no>
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> >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?" Huh? No, what *was* said that for the .01% performance increase on slow hardware it isn't worth the extra complexity it gives to the entire code-base. If you need it faster, use a faster processor. This is just good engineering. Optimization is only done if positively affects the majority of your users. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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