From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 16 6: 5:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60ACE37B401; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 06:05:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from pollux.asml.nl (ns.asml.nl [195.109.200.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42AE543E4A; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 06:05:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brad.knowles@skynet.be) Received: from creon.asml.nl (creon [146.106.1.223]) by pollux.asml.nl (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA22940; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:05:19 +0100 (MET) Received: from titan.asml.nl (titan [146.106.1.9]) by creon.asml.nl (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gBGE5Jj22436; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:05:19 +0100 (MET) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (frobozz.asml.nl [146.106.12.76]) by titan.asml.nl (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA11259; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 15:05:16 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20021215164004.A174-100000@guava.silverwraith.com> References: <33254.1039905426@critter.freebsd.dk> <20021215164004.A174-100000@guava.silverwraith.com> X-Grok: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black Reply-By: Wed, 1 Jan 1984 12:34:56 +0100 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:38:53 +0100 To: Avleen Vig From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC Cc: "phk@FreeBSD.ORG" , Alex , Johnson David , "current@FreeBSD.ORG" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 4:45 PM -0800 2002/12/15, Avleen Vig wrote: > How difficult would the following be to develop, in your opinion? > A boot disk image (like the sets of images on the website tm) that will > boot on 386's as well as more modern CPU's that can newfs and disklabel > your drives, download the source, and let you compile from that point. How many uninterrupted days/weeks would you be willing to allow a "make world" to run? > something to compile with - which can be downloaded with the source > all precompile so the do work on all x86 CPU's. If you're compiling the code (as would be necessary, since 386-compatible code would not be included in any of the regular binaries), then there is no such thing as "pre-compiled" anything. Morever, the concept of compiling something is mutually exclusive to getting a pre-compiled copy of that same something. -- Brad Knowles, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message