Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 17:23:26 -0700 From: Joe Fenton <jlfenton@npgcable.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 and wine support in FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE Message-ID: <4205637E.6040406@npgcable.com> In-Reply-To: <20050205223444.GG9350@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <76ff51010502022341529322fc@mail.gmail.com> <20050205223444.GG9350@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:41:36AM -0600, Nick M. Lozinsky wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>On my 64bit AMD laptop, using FreeBSD 5.3 Stable, I an unable to make >>install wine from ports. Looking through the Makefile, I find that it >>only support i386 architectures. Ho can I make it even with i386 >>support under amd64, or, is it even possible to make it on amd64? > > > Wine isn't supported on amd64 (neither on Linux/AMD64 also). The AMD64 > ISA does not support the functionality Wine uses. Maybe not as 64-bit, but Linux/AMD64 certainly runs 32-bit WINE just fine. I use it all the time in Fedora Core 3 AMD64. It's really fast on a 64-bit OS. I play American McGee's Alice in WINE - it's better than playing it in XP Pro. :) So I would say it should be possible for FreeBSD AMD64 to run 32-bit WINE as well.
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