Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:06:30 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bad instability on FreeBSD/amd64 6.0 Message-ID: <438B4726.4010706@wmptl.com> In-Reply-To: <20051128182431.I64067@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <20051128182431.I64067@chylonia.3miasto.net>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: > i've read few articles on the net that FreeBSD/amd64 crashes very > frequently, contrary to /i386. > > how much truth is in that? i would strongly prefer to run amd64 system > on amd64 machine that i will buy this week. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Been running for well over a year now - in production, from 5.3-RELEASE to 6.0-RELEASE units in single and dual AMD Opterons, and on AMD Athlon 64 desktops - no instability as far as I've encountered, outside of some library and version compatability stuff with ldap/threads/nss_ldap - but still not cause lockup of machine or anything, just wayward ldap processes (problem fixed within 6.0-RC1 and newer) - so would really reccomend you go with the 6.0 branch if you're going to be using nss/pam tied to an LDAP tree anyhow. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/
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