Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 12:39:50 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC Message-ID: <20010114123950.A47123@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <200101141115.f0EBFBQ89810@mobile.wemm.org>; from peter@netplex.com.au on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:15:11AM -0800 References: <28586.979469127@critter> <200101141115.f0EBFBQ89810@mobile.wemm.org>
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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
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