On 4/6/07, Ed Schouten <ed_at_fxq.nl> wrote: > * Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton_at_gmail.com> wrote: > > Well based on the stats I've posted maybe it's time to split FreeBSD > > i386 into two platforms, one for embedded/legacy systems and one for > > modern systems? The needs for each type of system are diametrically > > opposed, and the modern ones make up the majority of deployed systems. > > Perhaps FreeBSD i786 or IA32, with the minimum target being a > > Willamette based Pentium 4, aka SSE2? > > So what's the practical advantage of that? That would only break stuff. > Compiling a kernel without these options practically does the same > thing. > Break what? The primary reason for doing this is optimization and simplification of support / development.Received on Fri Apr 06 2007 - 12:32:00 UTC
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