From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 18 06:13:43 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 091E6CD2 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:13:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF50B8FC0A for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:13:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=yqpmZ7qFOucz/m1xmqQKMu1lXBGJjQm7h11H9cQeomc=; b=TiW+03FBUIVSff1bRdmF2NZZ+mkt3ua7fezbPaRCpiPbXRKhXhWHg0SLN1ZvflrsxyFLhhVlq8rdgpLPIR6srgjTxaKHgY0eYdID5WnH9XZnIAwWf7xkOcKBA/MNXu8r; Received: from [122.129.203.50] (port=64645 helo=X220.ovitrap.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TkqQv-002jY4-GH; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:13:42 -0700 Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:13:38 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: Aryeh Friedman Subject: Re: i386 vs. amd64 Message-ID: <20121218131338.356c12ef@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:13:43 -0000 Hi, wasn't the same question here a few days ago? On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:16:36 -0500 Aryeh Friedman wrote: > Ever since 8.X (my system is now 9.1-RC3 [done via csup]) been using > i386 with the following main ports: > > x11-wm/xfce4 yes. > www/firefox Yes. > www/linux-f10-flashplugin11 > editors/libreoffice Yes. > www/tomcat-7 > www/apace22 Typo? Apache 2.2 runs. > devel/aegis (I am the maintainer) > devel/fhist > devel/cook > java/openjdk6 > emulation/virtualbox-ose (and additions) > print/cups Yes. The ones I did not answer, I do not have installed. > > I have avoided amd64 in the past due to some or not all them working, > but want to switch if possible because PAE seems to be broken now on > i386. It was a big jump forward when I switched during 8.0 or 8.1. > > So I have the following questions: > > 1. Will all the above ports (and their dependencies) work on amd64? I gave you the answer if I knew one. I general, I do not have problems which are linked to 32 or 64 bits. > 2. Is there any way to do a in place switch to amd64 or do I need to > rebuild the system from the ground up? To my knowledge, it is still a fresh installation. Just download an image and start from there. > 3. In general is amd64 now as capable of handling ports and such as > well as i386 does? I saw that some ports I used to use on i386 went 100% smooth on amd64. I believe that this has improved even further. Just make the jump. Erich