From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 15:21:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D5D16A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:21:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from asarian-host.net (mail.asarian-host.net [194.109.160.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8E0043D1F for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:21:23 -0800 (PST) SRS0=1oo9+/jn=GA=asarian-host.net=admin@asarian-host.net) Comments: To protect the identity of the sender, certain header fields are either not shown, or masked. Anonymous email accounts can be requested by filling in the appropriate form at: https://asarian-host.net/cgi-bin/signup.cgi Received: (from root@localhost) by mail.asarian-host.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) id i23NLMOI006701 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:21:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from admin@asarian-host.net) From: Mark Received-SPF: pass (asarian-host.net: domain of admin@asarian-host.net designates sender IP as SASL permitted sender) Message-Id: <200403032321.I23NLMBJ006689@asarian-host.net> Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 23:21:22 GMT X-Authenticated-Sender: admin@asarian-host.net X-Trace: 2bthnsR4d22VSqWCdaWSxCtnHCSCP/a6ym9B6Bhgn6Ygflc3mRj0HY4tM6XiLVlMeYMc48tRoOz2CTvW4UmeQw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@asarian-host.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers, otherwise we are unable to process your complaint Organization: Asarian-host To: References: <200403032301.I23N1XWE005514@asarian-host.net> <200403031809.38843.jhb@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Auth: Asarian-host PGP signature iQEVAwUAQEZocjFqW1BleBN9AQEhqwf+IFU2YRJPMBM2jWxR8Aku/Ixq2bsf8T8/ st0VaqLnWvj291CSJXuPzP9epza4JKRSb859fsQOGXTQbah+7P9VYx6aAgaIn2Iv I0py6XbAHv97CsoM7CvrQQSl+82CzEOI0YbwG/z9UgjkbOwbA7gi7fvFeBQp0FR8 r4V3+seDY1udkeKghd+DZVFj7ik2XhaEfTeUsqFMi/CGN9fkhBSlojTJH3rfCIMc pG7wXQiwJ7hr03U90TKKRulY71cspxrv1FqQoKnZDbqsIDbo+p+Gm7HC6FHhYAoC 1RpsQYFJXuHnMtBLvAgIkTsDLAG1Hi6gQvmrJ0/I6xGrKxlJMKAhFQ== =+IIw Subject: Re: CPU update X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 23:21:24 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Baldwin" To: Cc: "Mark" Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:14 AM Subject: Re: CPU update > On Wednesday 03 March 2004 06:02 pm, Mark wrote: > > Dear Sirs: > > > > I compiled my FreeBSD 4.7R for an AMD XP-2000. If I upgrade to an > > AMD 64 3200, will my OS still run? The AMD 64 is 32-bit downwards > > compatible. > > Yes. FreeBSD 5.x also supports amd64 natively. Thank you for your answer. Am I reading your "also" right, that you say, "Yes, 4.7R will run on the AMD 64 too; but only 5.x will support its native 64 bit mode support"? Thanks, - Mark