From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 1 15:51:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52068106568B for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:51:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D90F98FC13 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:51:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n81FoxiD031077; Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:50:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5366EBA94; Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:50:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:50:59 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Jim Message-ID: <20090901155059.GA56945@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <80f4f2b20909010644j7962dc4cub71e725d083072ef@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20909010644j7962dc4cub71e725d083072ef@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: "b. f." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 32 bit ports on an AMD64 system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:51:01 -0000 --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 09:44:10AM -0400, Jim wrote: > > First, I hope that you have a good reason for doing this, because it > > is going to be a PITA, and prone to all sorts of problems. [...] >=20 > Unfortunately I do. The 32 bit stuff is *would be really nice, but not > necessary*, but the ability to use extra memory *and* dynamically load > kernel modules is a bit more important to me. All FreeBSD supported platforms can dynamically load native kernel modules,= so why should that be a factor in choosing between i386 and amd64?=20 Roland=20 --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkqdQuMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVQUQCfUWa5FEvNjoULC7yftsc9EByO Bp0Anih233p7ioght8GkRAuN1gLDcygb =+mMz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z--