Subject: Removing I386_CPU from GENERIC and INSTALL
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/29/2006 14:03:43
We ship other kernels which are suitable for small machines.  I propose to
remove I386_CPU from the GENERIC and INSTALL kernels.

The I386_CPU option makes kernels considerably larger, and the VM system
and the network stack slower.  I seriously doubt that it's possible to
boot a GENERIC (and probably not even an INSTALL) kernel on any system
without an i486-compatible MMU anyway.

I would also like to consider removing MATH_EMULATE from the INSTALL and
GENERIC kernels.  It is a substantial hunk of code and, again, we have
other kernels more suitable for small machines which include it.

-- 
  Thor Lancelot Simon	                                     tls@rek.tjls.com

  "We cannot usually in social life pursue a single value or a single moral
   aim, untroubled by the need to compromise with others."      - H.L.A. Hart