Alex Zepeda wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote:
>
> > Why shouldn't we? Noone uses machines without FPUs anymore. What
> > non-ancient CPU doesn't have an FPU? And we're talking about the i386
> > family here...
Nonsense. Read this:
<http://developer.intel.com/design/intarch/prodbref/27270903.htm>
> I've noticed recently, more and more, Linux is moving into the embedded
> market quite nicely, and being used on smaller and smaller systems.
> FreeBSD OTOH has been focusing (albeit not too successfully) on the higher
> end market.
That's a matter of perspective. Remember that people can base a product
on FreeBSD without being forced to give away their value-added sources.
I have a solar powered i386 board here that consumes just 2W. It runs
FreeBSD. There is a tiny bit of custom code to initialise the board and
boot the kernel out of flash, but the kernel is standard FreeBSD.
> With my recent addition of an 040 powered Mac that I plan to put NetBSD
> on, this really irks me. I'd love to put some (read: a significant)
> amount of time getting FreeBSD up and running on this, but there seems to
> be a lot of resistance to using FreeBSD on smaller/older machines. It
> almost seems like the requirement is Pentium III, Alpha or bust.
I don't think that is true. You are commenting on what other people have
chosen to put their time into. The only resistance I see is people actually
doing the work. To get in-principle approval before doing a substantial
amount of work, ask [EMAIL PROTECTED] My bet is they won't object.
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