svn commit: r271076 - in head/sys: amd64/amd64 amd64/include i386/i386 i386/include pc98/pc98

[Don Lewis]

On  4 Sep, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 09:22:48AM -0700, Don Lewis wrote:
>> I've still got the old hardware and am often tempted to see if it will
>> run a recent version of FreeBSD.  I don't think I want to know how long
>> it would take to run buildworld post-clang.
> 
> My router machine at home is Mendocino-based, runs 9-STABLE flawlessly, not
> sure how long does it take to do buildworld (I don't disable Clang).

My first home machine had a Pentium II CPU.  I've got a fair amount of
retired Pentium III hardware around still, mostly socket 370 (both
Coppermine and Tualatin), but there might be some slot 1 stuff as well.
My firewall is still running on a Via C3 CPU in a socket 370, but I
don't run buildworld on it.  I just use PXE to reinstall for upgrades.

> I have a couple of P55-based mobos, but never bothered to install our fresh
> -CURRENT on them.  I guess I should, just to see if we still rock. ;-)

RAM size is the probably the biggest issue.  Also, I think all of my
boards use the Dallas RTC chip with builtin battery.  These boards are
approaching twenty years old and Li battery shelf life is only about ten
years.  Unfortunately this chip is soldered to the motherboard, which
makes either the chip replacement or the battery replacement hack more
difficult.