Re: [PATCH] optimizing X now that we don't support i386 CPU's on 6-CURRENT

On Sunday 17 October 2004 08:20 pm, David O'Brien wrote:
> I remember someone tried a few years ago after this commit to get FreeBSD
> 5-CURRENT running on an I386 and had to hack some things to get it work.
> Since no one has reported success in doing this since then I'm willing to
> bet you dinner next time I'm in Bejing that we've broken running on real
> I386's w/o realizing it.

Just to add a data point-

I installed FreeBSD 5.2 or thereabouts on a 386DX machine some months ago 
without any unexpected trouble.  (The expected trouble involved making a 
custom world and set of installation floppies.)  I think I set it up to act 
as a firewall/router, but don't remember if I tested it out much.  It's 
currently in storage.so I can't fire it up to play with too easily.

JN