i386 do not support i386
Frank J. Laszlo
laszlof at vonostingroup.com
Thu Nov 24 10:29:54 PST 2005
Astrodog wrote:
>On 11/23/05, Frank J. Laszlo <laszlof at vonostingroup.com> wrote:
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>>Christer Hermansson wrote:
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>>>Hi.
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>>>FreeBSD 6.0R don't support 386 processors according to the release
>>>notes, maybe it's time to change the name of the i386 platform to the
>>>x86 platform.
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>>Do you realize how many things depend on the platform name being i386?
>>Just thinking of ports alone, I cound probably name a "few." Not very
>>important, but a huge hastle to switch over.
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>>-Frank
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>Mmm. Thanksgiving Day Bikesheds, thy name is "Chris".
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Not sure if that was directed at me, I wasnt trying to be a dick about
it, and I tried not to come across like that.
Everyone have a safe and happy holiday season, save some pie for me!
Regards,
Frank
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