build flags for a 386DX (5.1)

[Kris Kennaway]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:44:06PM -0700, Doug White wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, John Nielsen wrote:
> 
> > [escalated from -questions]
> >
> > Hi folks-
> >
> > I am setting up FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE on a 386DX.
> 
> That works? 386 is not a supported CPU on 5.X.  It is missing atomic
> operations that is necesary for proper operation of threading.

It is if you compile your own kernel, it's just not supported by
default.

Kris
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