Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:02:33 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> Subject: Re: x86 boot code build Message-ID: <3E03A2A1-A46A-4601-A69F-AB45329F7361@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5E8C160D-5B57-4D31-9052-3AE7FEE64313@gid.co.uk> References: <506C385C.3020400@FreeBSD.org> <506DEB4C.5020508@andric.com> <86haq9hq2c.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20121005033244.GL35915@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <86y5jll7kc.fsf@ds4.des.no> <CAGH67wQqs9DJoy0LSgKi1_wMFyrHUE69Dgc2dht7q8VXDVAeQQ@mail.gmail.com> <86txu9l4z9.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20121005155441.GL69724@acme.spoerlein.net> <CAJ-Vmo=We1FMcPoPbSC=Brfmk0LhiQZNp=wvNtgWWceJU=j_QA@mail.gmail.com> <CC791916-54DB-458D-B367-3FD28F7300C3@gmail.com> <5E8C160D-5B57-4D31-9052-3AE7FEE64313@gid.co.uk>
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On Oct 5, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Bob Bishop wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On 5 Oct 2012, at 21:23, Garrett Cooper wrote: >=20 >> With Atom processors you're pretty much stuck with i386, in part = because amd64 emulation mode still sucks a lot. >=20 > Can't agree with that in general, we've had no problems with the D525 = running amd64 (mainly for the benefit of ZFS). It probably depends = exactly which Atom you are looking at - they differ quite a bit. Ok. The generation I'm running at least (D4xx) seemed to have = issues with amd64 emulation (slow). Also, some/many PCHs/boards don't = support over 4GB with Atom, which is a bit discouraging if you're trying = to go 64-bit. Thanks, -Garrett=
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