cvs commit: src/lib/libc/i386/net htonl.S ntohl.S

[Peter Jeremy]

On Tue, 2004-Oct-19 18:52:31 -0400, David Schultz wrote:
>First of all, your 80386 (if it worked) would probably be much
>snappier running FreeBSD 3.X or 4.X or NetBSD 1.[2-5].

It is a lot easier to administer a collection of machines that are
all running close-to-the-same software.  And FreeBSD 2.x is probably
a better match for 386-class hardware (the memory and disk footprint
is much smaller).

>  Second,
>you can purchase a Linksys gateway for $20, whereas a 386 would
>consume more than $20 of power in a few months.

You might be able to.  The cheapest Linksys gateway/router I can find
quickly is AUD102 list (USD75).  Erik probably has different cost
tradeoffs and might not want to use a closed-source proprietary
product as a firewall.

>> > Nice.  \me can't wait for the day when developers are no longer
>> > required to spend time and effort to support anything older than a PPro.
>> 
>> That day will hopefully be far in the future. Personally I don't have
>> anything as modern as a PPro.
>
>Don't worry, it will be.  I can dream, can't I?

The 486 and Pentium provide useful new instructions and system controls.
What benefits does a PPro provide as far as the kernel and core userland
is concerned?

-- 
Peter Jeremy