Daniel Ruoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Em Qui, 2005-11-03 às 21:39 +0200, Yavor Doganov escreveu: >> At Thu, 3 Nov 2005 02:38:51 -0800 (PST), Nick Jacobs wrote: >> > You mean, it's seriously been proposed that a significant amount of >> > work should be done to restore support for a processor that has not >> > been manufactured for 10 years? While slightly degrading performance >> > for the 99.99999% of x86 users who have Pentium/Athlon/or better? >> Why not supporting it, if it is not so hard? > > I think i386 debian arch is not suitable anymore for real-i386 machines > (self-experience), I mean, it's not suitable even for a Pentium 133 with > 32 Mb RAM. Ok, I know it works, but it's a waste of memory and CPU > cycles to run a full glibc-based distro in such restrictive > environment...
It's also useful for people using x86-type CPUs without the full 686 instruction set - vis. the Via C3 cpu's, in use in a *lot* of systems. Not having a 386-compatible kernel+libc, just a 686-compatible one, would mean you couldn't run Debian at all on those machines. cheers, Rich. -- rich walker | Shadow Robot Company | [EMAIL PROTECTED] technical director 251 Liverpool Road | need a Hand? London N1 1LX | +UK 20 7700 2487 www.shadow.org.uk/products/newhand.shtml -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
