Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:20:17 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: deischen@freebsd.org, scottl@samsco.org, d@delphij.net, julian@elischer.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Utilize i686, SSE and MMX by default on FreeBSD/i386 Message-ID: <867hp4i2oe.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20100322.125222.690091871650369537.imp@bsdimp.com> (M. Warner Losh's message of "Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:52:22 -0600 (MDT)") References: <4BA3E9DF.2050303@delphij.net> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1003191721371.25775@sea.ntplx.net> <86y6hkiien.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100322.125222.690091871650369537.imp@bsdimp.com>
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"M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > Not all "small appliances" are flash-based; the Geode-based soekris can > > use 2.5" disks and has enough memory to run a stock install. The only > > trouble I've had is with /etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named, which > > uses an ungodly amount of memory. The AMD Geode is more or less > > equivalent to a Pentium MMX, and does not have SSE. > You don't really get into the small to flash install realm until you > start hitting some of the !x86 embedded boxes. There, you have to > have a hand-crafted firmware load for each box or a limited range of > boxes. I know, I know, I know. My point is that not all !SSE machines are tiny embedded systems that can't run GENERIC. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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