Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:08:38 -0600 From: John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1 on a 386 Message-ID: <200306121408.38189.john@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <44d6hjjcer.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <200306121325.49933.john@jnielsen.net> <3EE8D7BE.2070803@potentialtech.com> <44d6hjjcer.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Thursday 12 June 2003 13:58, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes: > > If this is the case, then the hardware notes need updated, I quote: > > "All Intel processors beginning with the 80386 are supported, including > > the 80386, ..." > > ... and ... > > "While technically supported, the use of the 80386SX is specifically > > not recommended." > > That last sentence is slightly vague. I assume that they recommend > > against the 386 simply because it's not powerful enough to be > > worthwhile, but it doesn't say specifically why. > > No, the 386SX is a problem because it has no floating point registers > (or any other floating point support, for that matter). The 386DX > (with the floating point support onboard) is supported just fine, as I > understand it. I've wondered about that myself. My 386DX does appear to be a happy camper. > The original poster probably needs to go to the -CURRENT mailing list, > where the details of the changed build procedures are understood a > little better than, well, than in my own head... That was my next recourse. Thanks. :) JN
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