Matthew Dillon is planning major cleanup in the kernel files, in part because it’s been historically inconsistent, and in part to support virtual kernels. The part that will affect most people is a new location for the kernel config file, and ‘i386’ is now the more relevant ‘pc32’. (or maybe not. I’ll post when it’s defined.)
A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD.
It may be a little late to note this, but isn’t “PC-32” NEC’s trademark for something that may or may not even be x86-based?
Would “ibmpc” or “ibmbios” or something be too much of a mouthful if we’re trying to leave the CPU arch out of the MACHINE field?
[Or is it time to get over the hijacking of ‘Personal Computer’ to refer to one particular type thereof?]