[PATCH] Utilize i686, SSE and MMX by default on FreeBSD/i386

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Mon Mar 22 19:42:54 UTC 2010


In message: <867hp4i2oe.fsf at ds4.des.no>
            Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com> writes:
: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> writes:
: > > Not all "small appliances" are flash-based; the Geode-based soekris can
: > > use 2.5" disks and has enough memory to run a stock install.  The only
: > > trouble I've had is with /etc/periodic/daily/470.status-named, which
: > > uses an ungodly amount of memory.  The AMD Geode is more or less
: > > equivalent to a Pentium MMX, and does not have SSE.
: > You don't really get into the small to flash install realm until you
: > start hitting some of the !x86 embedded boxes.  There, you have to
: > have a hand-crafted firmware load for each box or a limited range of
: > boxes.
: 
: I know, I know, I know.  My point is that not all !SSE machines are tiny
: embedded systems that can't run GENERIC.

Agreed.  Most systems in use today that are !SSE are pretty beefy.

Warner


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