[ros-kernel] ROS h/q req's [was: Release process]

[Michael B. Trausch]

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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Mike Nordell wrote:
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> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
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> > Although, I need to ask, do we *want* ROS to run on 486+ CPU's?
>
> I see no reason why anything more recent would be required. After all,
> unless my memory fails me, the immediate target (NT4) works just fine on
> 486.
>
> > ROS currently doesn't run on my 486 computer, which it
> > the only available one I have to test on...
>
> Do you know what Pentium specifics are used that stops this?
>

Sadly, I don't, and I don't have a way to capture all the debug info...
ROS's KERNEL boots, I think, 'cuz it complains about not being initialized
after 120 seconds... but I think it's drivers that fail, from the look of
it... I'll write more on this after I put 0.1.4-release on it, and see
what happens.

	- Mike

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