From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 08:40:49 2003 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 78A5916A4CE for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:40:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.spirit.ee (ns.spirit.ee [82.131.120.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C88A43D36 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:40:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joel@almic.ee) Received: (qmail 7636 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2003 00:43:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO CHARON) (192.168.0.25) by 192.168.0.254 with SMTP; 15 Dec 2003 00:43:43 -0000 From: "Joel V." To: Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 02:40:13 +0200 Message-ID: <000201c3c2a4$07423370$1900a8c0@CHARON> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: 5.2 and amd64 - good enough for a production server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:40:49 -0000 Just making sure I understand everything, before I go to my boss and = tell him to buy a 4000$ opteron box. =3D) 1) All the ports are working fine? I can go to /usr/ports/x and make = install clean and I got myself a 64-bit binary working on a 64-bit operating = system? (I'm mainly interested in Apache, qmail, vpopmail, proftpd and samba, = which are quite essential to have.) 2) AMD64 version of 5.2 will support the same amount of hardware than = i368 version? The most important area of support being RAID controllers, for = me at least. (Adaptec SCSI for booting and system disks, 3ware ATA for dedicated backup disks. Oh, and what about RAID management tools?) 3) Last but not least - 32-bit compatibility? I know Linux binary compatibility, both 32-bit and 64-bit is NOT DONE, but when will it be? = Will it take a month, half a year or more? Its not a matter of life and = death, but it would be good to know. And as far as I understand, at this moment = I cannot also run 32-bit FreeBSD binaries from earlier 5.x releases? Please be not offended by my outrageously newbie-esque questions. Take care and thanks in advance! Joel V.