From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 18 23:38:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 963A516A468; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:38:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E34313C46C; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:38:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB2691A4D80; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rot13.obsecurity.org (rot13.obsecurity.org [192.168.1.5]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C71D3513C6; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:38:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: by rot13.obsecurity.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B6E1CC296; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:38:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:38:58 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Jeremy Chadwick Message-ID: <20070618233858.GA79358@rot13.obsecurity.org> References: <4676BAF0.4030703@gmail.com> <20070618180813.GA13003@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <322073cc0706181415o17ecd532i971d8bdf5ea1dafd@mail.gmail.com> <20070618221022.GA17952@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070618221022.GA17952@eos.sc1.parodius.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Martin Turgeon , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 with PAE or AMD64 on PowerEdge with 4G RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:38:59 -0000 --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:10:22PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 05:15:30PM -0400, Martin Turgeon wrote: > > My setup is fairly standard (as I described), should I expect problem = with > > 64 bit version of these programs? >=20 > Like I said, I don't run 64-bit OSes because I prefer compatibility. > Believe me, the instant you run into some quirky problem with either the > kernel or any of its subsystems, or a third-party program (from ports or > otherwise), the first thing you'll be told is "it works for me on i386, > have you tried i386?" I think this assertion is false. amd64 is pretty well supported and run by an increasing number of users and developers. Kris --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGdxeSWry0BWjoQKURAuPaAJ4i3CHo8B+/VqQp6QcknYwDvZME+wCghpWJ 9fJHKwGaNxPp/Ax33no/Eq4= =Nc/2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--