From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 27 17:45:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org 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 EFB9C16A420 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:45:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from satyam@sklinks.com) Received: from smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 86B8E4437C for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:45:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from satyam@sklinks.com) Received: (qmail 40804 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2006 17:45:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO prajipati-freebsd.prajipati-freebsd) (varuna@sbcglobal.net@69.106.241.223 with plain) by smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Jan 2006 17:45:36 -0000 From: Joseph Vella To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:49:57 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <20060127141626.GA38042@freenix.no> In-Reply-To: <20060127141626.GA38042@freenix.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200601270949.57992.satyam@sklinks.com> Subject: Is SMP included in i386? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:45:46 -0000 I'm getting a new AMD 64 X2 for use as a desktop machine. I want to have flash and w32codecs, etc..., so I'm planning on using a 32 bit kernel. Can I start with the i386 iso cd set? I assume I would have to compile it from there? Anyone have any tips or suggestions for what I want to do?