Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:19:14 -0700 From: "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: johnea <me@johnea.net>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386? Message-ID: <b1fa29170705241019g3b78410g85e6591a2192f6ca@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4655C238.7000809@johnea.net> References: <4655C238.7000809@johnea.net>
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A) this is not an appropriate forum, see -hackers B) this misconception has been brought up before please see the archives The GENERIC kernel needs to be a one size fits all ... On 5/24/07, johnea <me@johnea.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > Don't know if this will make it through your spam filter, or if you'll have > the bandwidth to respond, but here goes. > > Why doesn't the FreeBSD project support a 32bit intel architecture newer > than 386? > > Pretty much every PC in operation today is at least 686/athalon. > > Wouldn't the architechtural improvements to the x86 architecture over the > last 10 years provide performance improvements to FreeBDSD? > > Just wondering, couldn't really find a forum to post such a question to. > > Thank you for reading my email! And thank you for your hard work on the > FreeBSD project! > > And if you have just a minute to craft an answer, Thank you for your reply! > > ciao... > > johnea > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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