Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:10:47 -0300 From: freenity <antonmaster@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to make i386 port on amd64 Message-ID: <1455a3d90703311510g17b07f8bh3db433f39f8b4b9b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <460EE5F1.4000204@u.washington.edu> References: <1455a3d90703311422p7eabecb3s800a16db5a938e5@mail.gmail.com> <20070331213043.GA74766@xor.obsecurity.org> <460EE5F1.4000204@u.washington.edu>
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ok thanks. On 3/31/07, Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 06:22:05PM -0300, freenity wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> I wanted to make Nvidia video driver, but because there is no for amd64 > I > >> wanted to install the only one that is avaible for freebsd that is > i386, but > >> it throughs this error: > >> > >> ===> nvidia-driver-1.0.9746 is only for i386, and you are running > amd64.. > >> *** Error code 1 > >> > >> > >> is there any way to force it to compile under amd64?? > >> > > > > No, that's the point :) > > > > Kris > DON'T do that! There are a lot more things under the hood than just > compiling i386 binaries on amd64 and hoping (magically) stuff will just > work. If you want amd64 support you'll have to contact nVidia and get > them to compile / release a driver for the amd64 architecture. > > amd64 introduces a lot of new interesting things to the mix in terms of > library locations, primitive type length, etc that can't be resolved > necessarily by just "hoping" it'll compile ;). > > -Garrett > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- http://feudaltimes.com.ar - Feudal Times `s webmaster and programer. http://gamescreators.sourceforge.net - linux games programing community.
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