Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 18:21:00 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml Message-ID: <20050512162100.GA50447@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20050512154337.GA73901@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <200505121505.j4CF5c7i076426@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050512152855.GD92175@eddie.nitro.dk> <20050512154337.GA73901@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org>
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On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:43:37AM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 05:28:55PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> > On 2005.05.12 15:05:38 +0000, Michael Lucas wrote:
> > > mwlucas 2005-05-12 15:05:38 UTC
> > >
> > > FreeBSD doc repository
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml
> > > Log:
> > > Rewrite "math co-processor" answer to make it more clear and readable.
> > >
> > > Do we even run out-of-the-box on hardware without a math co-processor
> > > these days?
> >
> > I don't think FreeBSD 5 runes without math co-processor at all, but
> > I'm not sure.
>
> I agree: I'm not sure.
>
> If someone is sure, I would be more than happy to axe the whole
> question (along with the other math co-processor FAQs).
/usr/src/UPDATING says:
20030722:
FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD. Chances are you won't
notice. 386+387 support should still work after this change, but
it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
FPU hardware.
This was between 5.1 and 5.2 so all releases from the 5-STABLE branch
need a real FPU. Note that 4.11 still works with an emulated FPU (and
is still officially supported) so it might not be wise to remove the
section entirely.
(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))
--
<Insert your favourite quote here.>
Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se
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