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List:       netbsd-port-i386
Subject:    Re: Removing I386_CPU from GENERIC and INSTALL
From:       Jason Thorpe <thorpej () shagadelic ! org>
Date:       2006-11-10 17:49:12
Message-ID: 66924475-650A-4917-9DCA-791206EBF6FB () shagadelic ! org
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On Nov 10, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Andrew Doran wrote:

> Regarding the 80386 specifically, I also don't understand why we  
> continue to
> provide an option that doesn't work, and has neither any real  
> utility nor
> real users. Can you look in the mirror and honestly say that a free  
> Unix
> from 2006 is a good choice for systems that were underpowered in  
> their day?

Maybe the PS/2, etc. were underpowered, but I don't think it's  
accurate to generalize this across all 80386-powered Unix systems of  
the day ... certainly I would not call a Sequent S81 "underpowered" :-)

-- thorpej

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