NetBSD/distrib/notes/i386/whatis
1999-01-13 07:30:01 +00:00

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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.7 1999/01/13 07:30:05 ross Exp $
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i386-specific enhancements include a number of new device drivers, such
as the Intel Etherexpress FE drivers, ATAPI support, and others.
See the hardware compatibility list for supported devices.
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Other (but not all) i386-specific improvements are:
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APM support
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bounce-buffer support so that busmaster ISA controllers work
for machines with \*> 16MB
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floppy formatting support
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improved detection of the amount of memory present in the machine
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support for FAT32 filesystems
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.Nx 1.3
on i386 is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with old
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i386 binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs.