Subject: Removing I386_CPU from GENERIC and INSTALL
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/29/2006 14:03:43
We ship other kernels which are suitable for small machines. I propose to
remove I386_CPU from the GENERIC and INSTALL kernels.
The I386_CPU option makes kernels considerably larger, and the VM system
and the network stack slower. I seriously doubt that it's possible to
boot a GENERIC (and probably not even an INSTALL) kernel on any system
without an i486-compatible MMU anyway.
I would also like to consider removing MATH_EMULATE from the INSTALL and
GENERIC kernels. It is a substantial hunk of code and, again, we have
other kernels more suitable for small machines which include it.
--
Thor Lancelot Simon tls@rek.tjls.com
"We cannot usually in social life pursue a single value or a single moral
aim, untroubled by the need to compromise with others." - H.L.A. Hart