Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 20:06:08 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Greg Black <freebsd@mail.gbch.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.x from i386 to amd64 Message-ID: <20061101090608.GC849@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <nospam-1162325643.69866@iliad.gbch.net> References: <45475298.5090709@inoc.net> <nospam-1162325643.69866@iliad.gbch.net>
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--oJ71EGRlYNjSvfq7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2006-Nov-01 06:14:03 +1000, Greg Black wrote: >The state of the software out there is disgracefully far from >being ready for 64-bit platforms -- after wasting weeks in a >vain attempt to get a workable development environment on my >amd64 setup, I've just completed a move to i386 (by a fresh >install). This doesn't tally with my experiences. I've had an amd64 laptop for most of the year and whilst I've got an i386 partition on it, I almost never use it. In my case, the only things I've missed are win32-codecs (which is unlikely to ever work on amd64) and the java plugin (and I can always use appletviewer if I really need to look at an applet). I've recently discovered that libffi isn't supported on amd64 but don't really need libffi. I agree there is some atrocious software around but things are vastly better than when I first wound up using a DEC Alpha in late 1998. (I'll also admit that I maintain some freeware software that is not 64-bit clean - but it started life on a PDP-11 and I've got more urgent issues to address in it). It would be nice to see the 32-bit emulation improved so that it is possible to build/run the i386 versions of ports on an amd64 system. This would be the best of both worlds. If I had any free time, I would even work on this myself. --=20 Peter Jeremy --oJ71EGRlYNjSvfq7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFSGOA/opHv/APuIcRAvqNAJ9FGEs+TU5xC82NO3uWmyA8AtSFYwCghjUA SKhfjLuzqTbl83d9hc1XX28= =q67A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oJ71EGRlYNjSvfq7--
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