5.3 on Intel 386 ?

[Rob]

Scott Long wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> 
>> Wilko Bulte wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:02:28PM +0900, Rob wrote..
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I thought 386 support had been removed since 5.X. But
>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/installation-i386.html
>>>> says:
>>>>
>>>>  1.2 Hardware Requirements
>>>>  FreeBSD for the i386 requires a 486 or better processor to install
>>>>  and run (although FreeBSD can run on 386 processors with a custom
>>>>  kernel)....
>>>>
>>>> What does this mean?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> One thing you need on the target system (IIRC..) is a FPU. 
>>
>>
>>
>> So?
>> The hardware requirements state "FreeBSD can run on 386 processors...".
> 
> 
> The GENERIC kernel that is shipped with FreeBSD will not boot on an 
> 80386 processor, period.
> 
>> Can I induce an FPU into my system by customizing my kernel?
> 
> 
> You'll need an FPU and a custom kernel that is compiled with the
> CPU_I386 option.

I'm not an expert here, but I found this:

    80386SX = 386 w/o FPU
    80386DX = 386 w/ FPU

Should instead, the "Hardware Requirements" for 5.3 then mention
this:

   ...(although FreeBSD can run on 80386DX processors...

to be more precise, to avoid confusion/frustration for 80386SX
owners?

Rob.