From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 29 04:25:11 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDF316A469 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:25:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27F8913C448 for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:25:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.05) with ESMTP id l5T4PAVh019338 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:25:10 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-24-10-12-194.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.10.12.194]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l5T4P9RS016118 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:25:10 -0700 Message-ID: <468489AA.3090402@u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:25:14 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (Windows/20070604) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eculp@unixmania.com References: <20070627145452.ytifppt70oc480s8@intranet.unixmania.com> <20070628011057.5a0d90b5@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20070628101239.6fs4qrpz8k8kkosw@intranet.unixmania.com> <20070628170202.43e64182@gumby.homeunix.com.> <20070628114304.512m6zqigwkg088c@intranet.unixmania.com> In-Reply-To: <20070628114304.512m6zqigwkg088c@intranet.unixmania.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.2.304607, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.6.28.210433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading from an old athlon to a new 64 bit one. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:25:11 -0000 eculp@unixmania.com wrote: > Quoting RW : > >> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:12:39 -0500 >> eculp@unixmania.com wrote: >> >> >>> What I am trying to do is compile an amd64 kernel, install it and >>> see what happens ;) I can always go back to the generic kernel >>> compiled in sys/i386. >> >> amd64 and i386 are different platforms in the same sense that sparc64 >> and ppc are different platforms. An AMD 64 is not back-compatible to >> pentium pro code when it's in 64-bit mode. Whilst 32-bit binaries can >> be run on the amd64 platform, they need special handling, you can't >> just mix-and-match world and kernel platforms. > > Thanks, RW. I had assumed that and had hoped to run my make > buildworld, make buildkernel, mergemaster, make installkernel and make > installworld then upgrade all ports. > > The problem is that I haven't been able to figure out, how to build > using all amd64. > > Again very dumb on my part, I'm sure. > > ed As RW has said before it's possible. However, it's better and no doubt quicker to go about starting from scratch. -Garrett