i386?

[Kip Macy]

A) this is not an appropriate forum, see -hackers
B) this misconception has been brought up before please see the archives

The GENERIC kernel needs to be a one size fits all ...


On 5/24/07, johnea <me at johnea.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Don't know if this will make it through your spam filter, or if you'll have
> the bandwidth to respond, but here goes.
>
> Why doesn't the FreeBSD project support a 32bit intel architecture newer
> than 386?
>
> Pretty much every PC in operation today is at least 686/athalon.
>
> Wouldn't the architechtural improvements to the x86 architecture over the
> last 10 years provide performance improvements to FreeBDSD?
>
> Just wondering, couldn't really find a forum to post such a question to.
>
> Thank you for reading my email! And thank you for your hard work on the
> FreeBSD project!
>
> And if you have just a minute to craft an answer, Thank you for your reply!
>
> ciao...
>
> johnea
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