From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 14 14:44:58 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 D6ED937B401 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:44:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp02.wxs.nl (smtp02.wxs.nl [195.121.6.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E12BB43EB2 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 14:44:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akruijff@dds.nl) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([213.10.151.186]) by smtp02.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id H74SIU02.7ZA; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:44:54 +0100 Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:40:54 +0100 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62 Christmas Edition) Personal Reply-To: Alex X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <18011562856.20021214234054@dds.nl> To: Mark Murray Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC In-Reply-To: <200212142215.gBEMFOlU012616@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <200212142215.gBEMFOlU012616@grimreaper.grondar.org> 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 Mark, Saturday, December 14, 2002, 11:15:24 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. > Be careful that you are not asking for something that is too one-sided. I didn't. I asked for something that is many-sided; at leas for as far processors are concerned. (Its a point of view) > 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. I got the impressions that it was here to stay. If it comes back when current becomes stable, then you should consider my opinion as not spoken out. > You are in the minority. You have a way to run FreeBSD-CURRENT, you just > don't have it in the default install. :-) These though really aren't for me. My most powerful PC is a Pentium 133 MHz. Its not impossible to get around. -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message