From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 2 19:35:34 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 68BF616A4CE for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:35:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ares.wolfpond.org (ns1.wolfpond.org [62.212.96.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590AD43D1F for ; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 19:35:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ftigeot@wolfpond.org) Received: from aoi.wolfpond.org (aoi.wolfpond.org [IPv6:2001:7a8:24db:1:20c:76ff:feb4:27e1]) by ares.wolfpond.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i92JZSqx011744; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:35:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ftigeot@aoi.wolfpond.org) Received: from aoi.wolfpond.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aoi.wolfpond.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i92JZVIU025109; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:35:31 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ftigeot@aoi.wolfpond.org) Received: (from ftigeot@localhost) by aoi.wolfpond.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i92JZUlw025108; Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:35:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ftigeot) Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 21:35:30 +0200 From: Francois Tigeot To: "Alex D'Elia" Message-ID: <20041002193530.GA765@aoi.wolfpond.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> <20041002192307.GC66319@enemy.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041002192307.GC66319@enemy.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i 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 19:35:34 -0000 On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 09:23:07PM +0200, Alex D'Elia wrote: > * 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: > > > > > > Yes, that's the issue with linux compatibility on amd64.. > > > It seems like you'll be using computer as desktop, so I would suggest that you > > > switch to 32bit mode - it will be still (almost) as fast as in 64bit - and > > > install i386 distribution. That way you will have much less issues with > > > emulation/multimedia. > > > > 32-bit Linux emulation would be all he could use in 32-bit mode anyway. > > 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 ? This page has detailled instructions on how to enable i386 Linux emulation: http://people.freebsd.org/~tjr/linux32.html The instructions are for Slackware but it is possible to use one of the linux_base ports with some hacking. I'm using java/linux-sun-jdk14 without any problem. -- Francois Tigeot