Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 07:28:31 -0700 From: "Greg J." <xcas@cox.net> To: Jem Matzan <techsupport@thejemreport.com> Cc: FreeBSD/AMD64 list <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: AMD64 support in 5.x versions Message-ID: <3FFC178F.2030207@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <3FFC1623.6010309@cox.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0401071115150.8910-100000@odin.cs.kun.nl> <1073473183.647.6.camel@.rochester.rr.com> <3FFC1623.6010309@cox.net>
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Greg J. wrote: > Jem Matzan wrote: > >> I've tried just about everything AMD64 in terms of operating systems, >> and I can say for certain that no one is anywhere near the level of >> functionality that their i386 arch is. Even SuSE and RedHat with their >> retail box AMD64 distros only offer limited AMD64 functionality. Gentoo >> will install but few things will compile properly. I'd consider FreeBSD >> and NetBSD further along than Gentoo at this point, except for the fact >> that Gentoo can update its source code and FreeBSD can't (without the >> special hacked CVSup). >> FreeBSD would be a step ahead of everyone else if IA32 binary >> compatibility worked. > > > Where would one get the hacked cvsup? I'm dying to find an easier way to > update ports & src. Nevermind.. I found it. :) http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=7000+0+archive/2003/freebsd-amd64/20031102.freebsd-amd64
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