Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:48:37 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: Michael Elbel <mwe@consol.de> Subject: Re: Anyone seen 4.8-RELEASE running on a real 386 (not 486 586 etc) ? Message-ID: <3E96E3D5.C771F7D8@mindspring.com> References: <200304101843.h3AIh4C65481@flip.jhs.private> <3E95EC17.7746B6D9@mindspring.com> <20030411072023.GA47320@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 03:11:35PM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > >Julian Stacey wrote: > >> freebsd-hackers@, > >> Anyone seen 4.8-RELEASE running on a real 386 processor (not a 486, 586 etc) ? > > > >You must config your kernel with a CPU type of 386, so that it > >will not atttempt to use 486-specific instructions, and so it > >will emulate kernel write faulting, since the 386 does not do > >this correctly. > > The kernel must have had I386_CPU because otherwise it would it would > panic via panicifcpuunsupported() from cpu_startup(). Ah, you're right. I was looking for horses, when I should have been looking for zebras. 8-). -- Terry
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