On Thursday 12 June 2003 13:58, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: > Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > If this is the case, then the hardware notes need updated, I quote: > > "All Intel processors beginning with the 80386 are supported, including > > the 80386, ..." > > ... and ... > > "While technically supported, the use of the 80386SX is specifically > > not recommended." > > That last sentence is slightly vague. I assume that they recommend > > against the 386 simply because it's not powerful enough to be > > worthwhile, but it doesn't say specifically why. > > No, the 386SX is a problem because it has no floating point registers > (or any other floating point support, for that matter). The 386DX > (with the floating point support onboard) is supported just fine, as I > understand it.
I've wondered about that myself. My 386DX does appear to be a happy camper. > The original poster probably needs to go to the -CURRENT mailing list, > where the details of the changed build procedures are understood a > little better than, well, than in my own head... That was my next recourse. Thanks. :) JN _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
