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Re: modernizing npx(4)



Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:
>> > Do we still support the 486SX?
>> 
>> Hrm. I'd forgotten about those things. Are there any modern x86-alikes
>> that don't have a floating point unit, or were the 486SXes the last of
>> them? If the latter, I wonder how important it is that we continue
>> supporting the things...
>
> The Elan and Geode both seem to have had FPUs since their first models.
> What other embedded-style x86s are around?

The Eden line and such, but I believe they have FPUs as well.

Maybe we should send out an announcement asking if anyone really cares
if NetBSD continues to support FPUless x86es. If no one bites, I think
we'll have an answer.


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Perry E. Metzger                perry%piermont.com@localhost



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