From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 29 17:35:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 580C316A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:35:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BBF943D49 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:35:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sean@mcneil.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE902F1AB6 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:35:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21822-04 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:35:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [24.199.45.54] (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB6AFF1936 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:35:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean McNeil To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200409290943.i8T9hFUV011906@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200409290943.i8T9hFUV011906@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-xOK4UZAaqMj7KoUykhAq" Message-Id: <1096479331.21908.4.camel@server.mcneil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:35:31 -0700 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mcneil.com Subject: Re: i386 or AMD64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:35:33 -0000 --=-xOK4UZAaqMj7KoUykhAq Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 02:43, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Sean McNeil wrote: > > My main system is an amd64 running -current. Everything works great: > > gnome, kde, ogg encode/decode, etc. Linux32 compatibility is working = as > > well. I can even run java apps with Linux32. The only thing lacking > > for me is native java so I can have java support in the browser and ge= t > > eclipse going. >=20 > Can't you just use the Linux binary of the browser and then > use the Linux java support? That's what I do on i386, so I > can use all the Linux plugins etc. (I don't have an amd64 > machine, so I can't say for sure, but it _should_ work > there as well.) Yes, I could do that. If the linux pluginwrapper worked for amd64 that would be another option. My desire is to run everything native, though. To that end I would like to get a native java VM. > (Personally I'm using Opera for which a FreeBSD/i386 binary > exists, but the Linux binary has been proven to be more > stable in my environment anyway.) >=20 > Best regards > Oliver --=-xOK4UZAaqMj7KoUykhAq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBWvJjyQsGN30uGE4RAqsPAKCkMQER7j8kfZDJIodRsswywZ/H/ACgyzmV OCzybT6sv3KYSCIp6ZsIp5M= =i9+j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-xOK4UZAaqMj7KoUykhAq--