From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 14 14:19:36 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 EEB6437B401 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:19:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.157.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E1C343E4A for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:19:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (uucp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBEMJVsU092211; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:19:31 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with UUCP id gBEMJVFG092210; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:19:31 GMT Received: from grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBEMFOlU012616; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:15:24 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Message-Id: <200212142215.gBEMFOlU012616@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: Alex Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 80386 out of GENERIC In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:07:20 +0100." <635948263.20021214220720@dds.nl> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:15:24 +0000 From: Mark Murray 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 > > 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. Be careful that you are not asking for something that is too one-sided. FreeBSD-CURRENT is aimed at the bleeding edge. The fact that it runs AT ALL on your hardware is GOOD. _However_, FreeBSD is not going to let CURRENT be held back to some low denominator that is no longer commercially available. Support has only been dropped for the _default_ install. You can still build a custom kernel for 80386. You are in the minority. You have a way to run FreeBSD-CURRENT, you just don't have it in the default install. :-) M -- Mark Murray Beware! I'm umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message