Wilko Bulte wrote in list.freebsd-current:
> As Poul-Henning Kamp wrote ...
> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bria
> >
> > >> I suggested about half a year ago that we should officially desupport
> > >> non-FPU configurations in 4.0. Unfortunately, my resolution was
> > >> soundly defeated.
> > >
> > >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...
> >
> > A lot of 386 machines are being built into places where people will
> > never know they are. We should not kill that market.
>
> www.tcja.nl was an ancient 386/40 until a couple of months ago. Low
> traffic Web servers don't (generally) need an FPU.
> No/low budget outfits run hardware most
> people on this list would give away for free (or thrash altogether).
>
> It is a M$-ism to discard a complete line of machines with each next
> release...
I agree 100%.
My "mobile emergency terminal" is an old 486SX notebook with
3.5 Mbyte RAM and 120 Mbyte HD. It works perfectly well for
what I use it for. And I'd hate to have to keep an "old"
release around for it while upgrading all other boxes.
(Remember, 486SX processors don't have FPUs either.)
Regards
Oliver
PS: No, I'm not doing "make world" on it.
(In fact, I removed the compiler toolchain to save HD space.)
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