cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml

[Michael W. Lucas]

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 06:21:00PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:43:37AM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> > On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 05:28:55PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> > > On 2005.05.12 15:05:38 +0000, Michael Lucas wrote:
> > > > mwlucas     2005-05-12 15:05:38 UTC
> > > > 
> > > >   FreeBSD doc repository
> > > > 
> > > >   Modified files:
> > > >     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml 
> > > >   Log:
> > > >   Rewrite "math co-processor" answer to make it more clear and readable.
> > > >   
> > > >   Do we even run out-of-the-box on hardware without a math co-processor
> > > >   these days?
> > > 
> > > I don't think FreeBSD 5 runes without math co-processor at all, but
> > > I'm not sure.
> > 
> > I agree: I'm not sure.
> > 
> > If someone is sure, I would be more than happy to axe the whole
> > question (along with the other math co-processor FAQs).
> 
> /usr/src/UPDATING says:
> 
> 20030722:
>     FPU-less support has been removed from FreeBSD.  Chances are you won't
>     notice.  386+387 support should still work after this change, but
>     it is now a minimum requirement for the i386 port that you have real
>     FPU hardware.
> 
> 
> This was between 5.1 and 5.2 so all releases from the 5-STABLE branch
> need a real FPU.  Note that 4.11 still works with an emulated FPU (and
> is still officially supported) so it might not be wise to remove the
> section entirely.

Checking the docs.  What a thought.  Axed, thanks!

> (While talking about supported hardware it might also be noted that to
> run 5.x on a real 80386 (+80387 FPU) you need to recompile word+kernel
> with 386 support (see the 2005027 and 20010116 entries in UPDATING),
> and for 6-CURRENT all support for a real 80386 (with or without FPU)
> has been axed completely (20041116 entry in UPDATING))

I'll see if I can put that in.

On the other hand: is that a FAQ?  Isn't that in the hardware notes?

==ml

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