Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:36:15 +0100 (CET) From: Claus Guttesen <cguttesen@yahoo.dk> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 2850 & amd64? Message-ID: <20041119163615.63809.qmail@web14107.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <A1FEEC0DC78A5F3F3E56762B@rambutan.pingpong.net>
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> The machine shall be a general utility system, > running email (cyrus) and > web (apache), postgresql and php, some simple java > (tomcat). > Before I build all ports needed, is there anything I > need to set to make > the ports build 64 bit? All I've done now is to get > the kernel built in > 64-bit mode. Is that enough to make all ports built > in 64 bit? Shall I set > CPUTYPE to something? The CPUs are two Xeon, is that > p4? I omitted CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf. Other than that, you just have to check CPUTYPE in a shell. > Is it even wise to use amd64? Is it stable enough? > Docs say so, but > browsning this list gives me second thoughts? I have a 2850 running postgresql, sometimes heavily loaded, but works like a charm besides that. There is a description on how to get java working on this list (as far as I remember). > Perhaps this is all FAQ and RTFM, but I've searched > the net a bit about > this, couldn't find the right answers. Sorry, I'm > still a newbie in > AMD64-land. :)= The amd-port appears to be slightly faster than it's i386-cousin on same hardware. Claus
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