From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 14 13:11:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF0B37B401 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:11:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp08.wxs.nl (smtp08.wxs.nl [195.121.6.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E71ED43E4A for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:11:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akruijff@dds.nl) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp08.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H74O6W02.K49; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:11:20 +0100 Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:07:20 +0100 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62 Christmas Edition) Personal Reply-To: Alex X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <635948263.20021214220720@dds.nl> To: Johnson David Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: 80386 out of GENERIC In-Reply-To: <200211191056.44469.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> References: <200211191145.12974.avleeuwen@piwebs.com> <200211191056.44469.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear/Beste Johnson, I read this on the advocacy list. Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 7:56:44 PM, you wrote: > Support for the 80386 processor has been removed from the GENERIC kernel. The > default FreeBSD kernel is now more optimized for modern CPUs. No longer do > you have to settle for performance draining compatibility with hardware you > haven't owned in a decade. I don't feel this is a good decision. (I still have a 486, act as a small server and a 286 witch is in storage) This basally means that any one who doesn't have the latest processor can't install FreeBSD. (I could be wrong) Having a option during the installation to use GENERIC or PENTIUM (IV) would be far better. A option to enable/disable hardware compile one own kernel would be great to. I never owned any SCSI devices in a decade. -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message