RE: Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC

2002-12-16 Thread John Baldwin
On 14-Dec-2002 Alex wrote: > > Dear/Beste phk, > > Saturday, December 14, 2002, 10:14:20 PM, you wrote: > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex writes: >>> >>>Dear/Beste Johnson, >>> >>>I read this on the advocacy list. >>> >>>Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 7:56:44 PM, you wrote: >>> Suppor

Re: Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC

2002-12-16 Thread Brad Knowles
At 4:45 PM -0800 2002/12/15, Avleen Vig wrote: How difficult would the following be to develop, in your opinion? A boot disk image (like the sets of images on the website tm) that will boot on 386's as well as more modern CPU's that can newfs and disklabel your drives, download the source, an

Re: Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC

2002-12-15 Thread Avleen Vig
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> FreeBSD still runs on all 386 family CPUs, the only difference is that > >> if you want to run it on a 80386 you need to enable an option in > >> your kernel config file. > >> It will out of the box run on 486 and anything later. > > > >It means t

Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC

2002-12-14 Thread Alex
Dear/Beste Mark, Saturday, December 14, 2002, 11:15:24 PM, you wrote: >> > Support for the 80386 processor has been removed from the GENERIC >> > kernel. The default FreeBSD kernel is now more optimized for modern >> > CPUs. No longer do you have to settle for performance draining >> > compatibi

Re: Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC

2002-12-14 Thread phk
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex writes: >>>I don't feel this is a good decision. (I still have a 486, act as a >>>small server and a 286 witch is in storage) This basally means that >>>any one who doesn't have the latest processor can't install FreeBSD. > >> No it doesn't mean that. > >> Free

Re[2]: 80386 out of GENERIC

2002-12-14 Thread Alex
Dear/Beste phk, Saturday, December 14, 2002, 10:14:20 PM, you wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex writes: >> >>Dear/Beste Johnson, >> >>I read this on the advocacy list. >> >>Tuesday, November 19, 2002, 7:56:44 PM, you wrote: >> >>> Support for the 80386 processor has been removed from