> On 2/28/19 11:14 AM, Cy Schubert wrote: > > On February 28, 2019 11:06:46 AM PST, Conrad Meyer <c...@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:32 AM Steve Kargl > >> <s...@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > >>> This is interesting as well. Does this mean that amd64 is now > >>> the only tier 1 platform and all other architectures are after > >>> thoughts? > >> > >> This has been the de facto truth for years. i386 is mostly only > >> supported by virtue of sharing code with amd64. There are efforts to > >> promote arm64 to Tier 1, but it isn't there yet. Power8+ might be > >> another good alternative Tier 1 candidate eventually. None have > >> anything like the developer popularity that amd64 enjoys. > >> > >> Conrad > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > We deprecated and removed support for 386 and 486 processors. We should > > consider removing support for low end Pentium as well. I'm specifically > > thinking of removing the workarounds like F00F. Are there any processors > > that are still vulnerable to this? > > We have only removed support for 386 since it didn't support cmpxchg. We > still > nominally support 486s. I don't know how well FreeBSD 13 would run on a 486, > but > in theory the code is still there and the binaries shouldn't die with illegal > instruction faults.
I know I can still boot FreeBSD 12, diskless no less, on a Transmeta Crusoe TM-5800. I'll go digging for a 486 and confirm or deny if we can boot ^head on it. -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
