Subject: Re: Removing I386_CPU from GENERIC and INSTALL
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/01/2006 10:39:14
On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Christian Biere wrote:

> Henry Nelson wrote:
>> In short, I don't see much sense in supporting these machines anymore
>> in current, i.e., not only remove I386_CPU and MATH_EMULATE from GENERIC
>> and INSTALL, but rather drop them altogether.
>
> Just for the record, an i486SX has no FPU either.

 	I would suggest targeting 586 as the base target for the port,
 	and have a special i386 + i486 kernel for those that need it.

 	Of course we could create an i586 port, which would really
 	allow us to shake out the x86 shared code (but only if we
 	find a pot of tuits)

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