From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 9 15:15:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EEA916A41F for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:15:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D48F543D48 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:15:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (83.253.29.241) by pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.069.1) id 43C2444B000176C1 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:15:33 +0100 Received: (qmail 71211 invoked by uid 1001); 9 Jan 2006 16:15:32 +0100 Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 16:15:32 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: zimmermanjj@alltel.net Message-ID: <20060109151532.GA71158@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: zimmermanjj@alltel.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20060109145820.WGSH12342.ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net@[166.102.165.30]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060109145820.WGSH12342.ispmxmta09-srv.alltel.net@[166.102.165.30]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Support for 80386 processors (the I386_CPU kernel configuration option)" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:15:35 -0000 On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 09:58:20AM -0500, zimmermanjj@alltel.net wrote: > Hello. I quoted the subject of the email directly from the kernel changes > section of the FreeBSD/i386-RELEASE release notes. I am not sure if I am > reading this correctly, but does this mean that people who have > Intel-based processors (such as P4 and Celeron) should not use 6.0 and > only use 5.4? I want to intsall FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE on a Celeron and a > P4, and to the best of my knowledge they are i386 processors (80386). If > someone could clear this up I would appreciate it. No, P4 and Celeron are not 80386 processors. They are descended from the 80386 and belong to the i386 *family* of processors, which is a slightly different thing. What has been removed from 6.0 is the ability to run on an *actual* 80386 CPU. They were state of the art in the late 80's, but that is a while ago. If your computer has a clock frequency of 50 MHz or more, it is almost certainly not using a real 80386. (If I remember correctly they were only available in speeds ranging from 16 MHz to 40 MHz.) FreeBSD 6.0 should run fine on any Intel CPU from the original Pentium and onwards. (Also on an 80486, if it has an hardware FPU - either built in or external.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se