Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:38:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: adrian@FreeBSD.ORG (Adrian Chadd) Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... Message-ID: <200011151739.KAA13021@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20001114224505.A4195@roaming.cacheboy.net> from "Adrian Chadd" at Nov 14, 2000 10:45:05 PM
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> > > If no /entropy is found it takes a full minute to do the randomdev > > > seeding during boot on a P5/133. > > > > > > Has anybody run a 486 or 386 under current recently ? > > 386'en might still have a place for small embedded products but I'm > proabably going to be flamed when I say I think FreeBSD-current isn't > very suited to "embedded 386 with tiny everything" applications. That's a problem with FreeBSD-current, not a problem with "embedded 386 with tiny everything". I'm reminded when SVR4s footprint first went to 8M of RAM. I also find it amusing that I can get an old SVR4.0.2 ES/MP, and load it on both SMP boxes, and on 6M 386 boxes, when I am quickly becoming unable to do the same for FreeBSD-current. I guess this is inevitable, as security is increased, since the most secure computer is one which doesn't run... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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