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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org>,
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Subject: Re: i386 with PAE or AMD64 on PowerEdge with 4G RAM
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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.