Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 15:12:50 -0400 From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml Message-ID: <20050512191250.GA75545@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20050512171715.GA51426@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <200505121505.j4CF5c7i076426@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050512152855.GD92175@eddie.nitro.dk> <20050512154337.GA73901@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20050512162100.GA50447@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <20050512163137.GA74349@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20050512171715.GA51426@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 07:17:15PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > I did remember clearly that support *had* been axed. I just checked > to see *when* it was axed (and to make sure people believed me when I > said so. :-) ) Oh, we believe anyone. > > > (While talking about supported hardware it might also be noted that to > > > run 5.x on a real 80386 (+80387 FPU) you need to recompile word+kernel > > > with 386 support (see the 2005027 and 20010116 entries in UPDATING), > > > and for 6-CURRENT all support for a real 80386 (with or without FPU) > > > has been axed completely (20041116 entry in UPDATING)) > > > > I'll see if I can put that in. > > > > On the other hand: is that a FAQ? Isn't that in the hardware notes? > > These days it is probably not much of an FAQ; few people seem to try to > install FreeBSD on anything older than a Pentium these days. > > As for the hardware notes, that information ought to be there, but does > not seem to be. > > (The hardware notes for 6-CURRENT seems to be correct, while those for > 5-STABLE needs to be updated. The hardware notes for both 4.x and 5.x > also has bogus warnings about the 80386sx which should be removed. (Bogus > since from the OS's point of view there is no difference whatsoever > between the 80386sx and a full-blowb 80386dx.) That's under /usr/src, which rules me out. Could you open a PR about this, so it doesn't get lost? Thanks much! ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ "The cloak of anonymity protects me from the nuisance of caring." -Non Sequiter
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