Re: [PATCH] Suggested FreeBSD merge

[Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:19:21 -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:

> 
> :Hi,
> :
> :I think you would interest the patch attached.  This brings FreeBSD
> :rev. 1.10 of htonl.S and ntohl.S's changes by David O'Brien, which
> :is positive for application performance on 80486 and above.
> :
> :Cheers,
> :--=20
> :Xin LI <delphij frontfree net>	http://www.delphij.net/
> :See complete headers for GPG key and other information.
> 
>     Well, are we giving up on the 80386 ?  I think we may already 
>     have but I'm just making sure.

I personal can't find a good reason why any OS should keep i386 (even
i486 too) support. A full 1GHz system w/out OS and monitor can be buy
around $100 to $150. The i386 holds some nice features back.

Cheers,
Mezz

> 						-Matt