From owner-cvs-all Sun Jan 14 3:39: 3 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF4937B400; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 03:38:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 14HlUW-0006u6-00; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:38:33 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0EBdo947141; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:39:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:39:50 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Peter Wemm Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , John Baldwin , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <20010114123950.A47123@freebie.demon.nl> References: <28586.979469127@critter> <200101141115.f0EBFBQ89810@mobile.wemm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200101141115.f0EBFBQ89810@mobile.wemm.org>; from peter@netplex.com.au on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:15:11AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:15:11AM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > In message <20010114114418.A46703@freebie.demon.nl>, Wilko Bulte writes: > > >On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 02:11:11AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > >> jhb 2001/01/14 02:11:10 PST > > >> > > >> Modified files: > > >> sys/i386/conf GENERIC > > >> Log: > > >> Remove I386_CPU from GENERIC. Support for the 386 seriously pessimizes > > >> performance on other x86 processors. Custom kernels can still be built > > >> that will run on the 386. > > > > > >Does this mean installation won't run on 386 anymore? > > > > It would be trivial to add i386 to the install kernel, and > > probably worthwhile. > > No, because simply doing that leaves you with an unbootable machine. > > Anyway, I defy anybody to do a standard CDROM or boot floppy install on a > 386 and stay sane. Everybody that I know of that does this sort of thing > does one of the following type things: ... > The bottom line is that I feel the time is just about right to yank i386 > entirely, not just taking it out of GENERIC. But I wont push for that Fine with me, but a change of policy as I see it. So, not something to sneak in with a commit to GENERIC. Or ? -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands email: wilko@freebsd.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message