From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 28 13:32:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DE3416A431 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:32:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F1E943D53 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:31:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 2730035 for multiple; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:31:22 -0500 Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jASDV6Nf057282; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:31:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:18:45 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <59e2ee810511250557j1b4ff01dsa7e93d3c73a86121@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <59e2ee810511250557j1b4ff01dsa7e93d3c73a86121@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511280818.46625.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: Rostislav Krasny Subject: Re: i386 do not support i386 X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:32:02 -0000 On Friday 25 November 2005 08:57 am, Rostislav Krasny wrote: > > FreeBSD 6.0R don't support 386 processors according to the release > > notes, maybe it's time to change the name of the i386 platform to the > > x86 platform. > > 16-bit 8086, 8088, 80186 and 80286 are x86 processors too. 80386 was > the first 32-bit processor from Intel, and it had many other > significant architectural changes. I believe the i386 architecture > name is righteous for 80386 successors, even without the 80386 > particular support. That's just my IMHO. Agreed, especially when you consider the amd64 processors which are also kn= own=20 as x86-64 and thus 'x86'. In fact, on NetBSD, they put code shared between= =20 NetBSD/i386 and NetBSD/x86-64 in sys/arch/x86, and FreeBSD may someday do t= he=20 same with a sys/x86 containing files shared between sys/i386 and sys/amd64= =20 (but don't hold your breath. :) ) =2D-=20 John Baldwin =A0<>< =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =A0=3D =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org