From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 2 19:23:09 2004 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 CC36716A4CE for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:23:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lyra.enemy.org (lyra.enemy.org [62.116.11.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E59C743D41 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:23:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from acme@s2.enemy.org) Received: (qmail 13888 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2004 19:19:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO s2.enemy.org) (62.116.11.3) by lyra.enemy.org with SMTP; 2 Oct 2004 19:19:24 -0000 Received: from s2.enemy.org (acme@localhost.enemy.org [127.0.0.1]) by s2.enemy.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i92JN8cS074384; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:23:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from acme@s2.enemy.org) Received: (from acme@localhost) by s2.enemy.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i92JN7of074380; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:23:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from acme) Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:23:07 +0200 From: "Alex D'Elia" To: Sean McNeil Message-ID: <20041002192307.GC66319@enemy.org> References: <20041002144347.GA66319@enemy.org> <200410021838.00113.miha@ghuug.org> <20041002184843.GB66319@enemy.org> <200410021900.08350.miha@ghuug.org> <1096744220.95617.5.camel@server> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1096744220.95617.5.camel@server> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE Organization: Olocolors.org X-GPG-Id: E7A6E8B5 [expires: 2005-03-03] X-GPG-Keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu X-GPG-Fingerprint: 5C5A 4866 9B71 D200 FDCC 8878 0B63 A477 E7A6 E8B5 cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 on Asus K8V SE Deluxe 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: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 19:23:09 -0000 --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Sean McNeil [041002 21:10]: > On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 12:00, Mikhail P. wrote: > > On Saturday 02 October 2004 18:48, Alex D'Elia wrote: > > > pcm0: port 0xc800-0xc8ff irq 22 at device 17.5 on pci0 > > > pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > > pcm0: > >=20 > > That's good. > >=20 > > > > > > now one last issue for me, is the Linux compatibility, but I think > > > that must be a problem, as it seems that the emulation works > > > only for i386 archs ! mhh !! > >=20 > > Yes, that's the issue with linux compatibility on amd64.. > > It seems like you'll be using computer as desktop, so I would suggest t= hat you=20 > > switch to 32bit mode - it will be still (almost) as fast as in 64bit - = and=20 > > install i386 distribution. That way you will have much less issues with= =20 > > emulation/multimedia. >=20 > 32-bit Linux emulation would be all he could use in 32-bit mode anyway.= =20 > Linux32 emulation works great for me and I have no significant issues > with anything running in 64-bit mode natively either. The only > exception being the lack of a Java VM. This is a well-known limitation > that will hopefully be addressed when Suns Java 5 comes out with a > source license in a few more weeks. exactly..... and actually this was a machine for users and also a machine for myself ( it was my first machine, which died after years of non stop running, because of an hardware problem ..... PCs :/ ....tz ! ). So i wont switch it because it would be no sense for me to get and amd64 and use it in 32bit mode. But what's that thing about Linux32 ?? where do I find it ? Guys, thanks a lot :) so you gonna get a login as soon as it's ready ! ( if you want, ofcourse ;^) Greetz alex --=20 ** acme aka Alex D'Elia --> root.acme.com ** mail:: acme@enemy.org ** --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBXwAZC2Okd+em6LURAsKVAKCCu0q7PMz8hH3D5aiZWWuGlsnaMACfeg4N KODYRr7mhDwP3tU4OmPMmaA= =HiJP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ncSAzJYg3Aa9+CRW--