Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 06:20:20 -0800 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... Message-ID: <200012081420.eB8EKfN82161@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Nov 2000 21:47:45 CST." <20001130214745.E28757@peorth.iteration.net>
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In message <20001130214745.E28757@peorth.iteration.net>, "Michael C . Wu" write s: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 10:29:15AM +1100, Peter Jeremy scribbled: > | On 2000-Nov-14 15:08:06 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: > | >Has anybody run a 486 or 386 under current recently ? > | > | X on a PRE_SMPNG 486 is painful - mouse movements no longer make > | the X pointer move in real time. I haven't noticed the seeding > | issue (probably just luck). > > PRE_SMPNG does not have the /dev/random seeding issue. > > You actually expected X to run well on a 486? :-) > > | >What is the consensus ? > | > | I think 386/486 remains a significant market and would not like to > | see support dropped. I'd go so far as to suggest that if -current > | does drop support for the 386/486, the then-stable version will need > | to be actively maintained indefinitely to provide continued support. > > I do not really think the latest XFree86 versions were designed > with running 386/486 in mind. 386/486 is still a market, but > not many people try to build an embedded system with a full X > and tools. Interesting. At home I use a 486DX33 as an X terminal. As long as I run all of my X clients, including the window manager on my server, a P120, performance is quite accetable. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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