Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:55:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Using float emulator on a system with FPU? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907121754450.53750-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907121337460.271-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org>
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On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote:
>
> > Why shouldn't we? Noone uses machines without FPUs anymore. What
> > non-ancient CPU doesn't have an FPU? And we're talking about the i386
> > family here...
>
> I've noticed recently, more and more, Linux is moving into the embedded
> market quite nicely, and being used on smaller and smaller systems.
> FreeBSD OTOH has been focusing (albeit not too successfully) on the higher
> end market.
>
> With my recent addition of an 040 powered Mac that I plan to put NetBSD
> on, this really irks me. I'd love to put some (read: a significant)
> amount of time getting FreeBSD up and running on this, but there seems to
> be a lot of resistance to using FreeBSD on smaller/older machines. It
> almost seems like the requirement is Pentium III, Alpha or bust.
>
> And yes, this machine does have an FPU, but there are plenty of *newer*
> systems without FPUs For instance, doesn't the StrongArm lack an FPU? What
> about embedded systems? A 486SX would draw a whole lot less power than a
> Pentium. And it's certainly not like emulating an FPU is an impossible
> task like say on some LC040s...
Compare the 486SX to a 486DX, not a pentium.
>
> - alex
>
>
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