On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 01:27:55PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 05:35:13AM -0500, Geoffrey wrote: > > On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Juli Mallett wrote: > > > > > * De: Poul-Henning Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Data: 2003-02-27 ] > > > [ Subjecte: Any ideas why we can't even boot a i386 ? ] > > > > Yup. 386dx - 33Mhz. Results below: > > > > > > > > Loaded kern.flp, mfsroot.flp, prompted for boot, then core dumped > > > > as follows: > > > > > > Was this normal release? I thought I recalled a convo resulting in > > > the decision that 386 would require special release bits? > > > > Yes, it was from release floppies written a couple of weeks ago. > > In fairness, it might not like my scsi host adapter (Adaptec 1542CF). Or > > there may be an issue with the size of the drive (HP C2490 - 2 GB). The > > bios only supports one controller so fitting enough IDE drives for src, > > obj, usr and swap wasn't an option. > > > : RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v > : Working file: GENERIC > : head: 1.376 > : branch: > : locks: strict > : access list: > : keyword substitution: kv > : total revisions: 508; selected revisions: 1 > : description: > : ---------------------------- > : revision 1.296 > : date: 2001/01/14 10:11:10; author: jhb; state: Exp; lines: +2 -2 > : 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. > : ============================================================================= > Also in src/UPDATING:
: 20010116: : The kernel option I386_CPU is now mutually exclusive with the : other cpu types. If you have an i386 system, be sure that it : only had this line. Remove it for all other configurations. Also in FreeBSD/i386 5.0-RELEASE Release Notes: : 2.1.1 Processor/Motherboard Support : [...] : Support for the 80386 processor has been removed from the GENERIC : kernel, as this code seriously pessimizes performance on other : IA32 processors. The I386_CPU kernel option to support the 80386 : processor is now mutually exclusive with support for other IA32 : processors; this should slightly improve performance on the 80386 : due to the elimination of runtime processor type checks. Custom : kernels that will run on the 80386 can still be built by changing : the CPU options in the kernel configuration file to only include : I386_CPU. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunbay Software AG, [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age
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