Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:37:46 -0700 (PDT) From: mjacob@freebsd.org To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>, Martin Turgeon <turgeon.martin@gmail.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 with PAE or AMD64 on PowerEdge with 4G RAM Message-ID: <20070618173721.K36450@ns1.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <20070618233858.GA79358@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <4676BAF0.4030703@gmail.com> <20070618180813.GA13003@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <322073cc0706181415o17ecd532i971d8bdf5ea1dafd@mail.gmail.com> <20070618221022.GA17952@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20070618233858.GA79358@rot13.obsecurity.org>
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On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:10:22PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 05:15:30PM -0400, Martin Turgeon wrote: >>> My setup is fairly standard (as I described), should I expect problem with >>> 64 bit version of these programs? >> >> Like I said, I don't run 64-bit OSes because I prefer compatibility. >> Believe me, the instant you run into some quirky problem with either the >> kernel or any of its subsystems, or a third-party program (from ports or >> otherwise), the first thing you'll be told is "it works for me on i386, >> have you tried i386?" > > I think this assertion is false. amd64 is pretty well supported and > run by an increasing number of users and developers. Not only that, but I missed an important bug in i386 because I generally run nothing *but* amd64/Xeon by now.
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