Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 10:29:15 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RANDOMDEV inspired realitycheck regarding i386/i486... Message-ID: <20001201102915.G1474@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <11485.974210886@critter>; from phk@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 03:08:06PM %2B0100 References: <11485.974210886@critter>
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On 2000-Nov-14 15:08:06 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote: >Has anybody run a 486 or 386 under current recently ? X on a PRE_SMPNG 486 is painful - mouse movements no longer make the X pointer move in real time. I haven't noticed the seeding issue (probably just luck). >What is the consensus ? I think 386/486 remains a significant market and would not like to see support dropped. I'd go so far as to suggest that if -current does drop support for the 386/486, the then-stable version will need to be actively maintained indefinitely to provide continued support. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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