From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 28 00:49:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920A816A418 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@mail.gbch.net) Received: from gw.gbch.net (gw.gbch.net [203.143.238.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D098213C48A for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:49:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@mail.gbch.net) Received: (qmail 42967 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2007 10:22:26 +1000 Received: from joker.gbch.net (172.16.1.10) by gw.gbch.net with SMTP; 28 Sep 2007 10:22:26 +1000 Received: (qmail 94876 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Sep 2007 10:22:26 +1000 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:22:26 +1000 From: Greg Black To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i; gjb-muttsend.sh 1.7 2004-10-05 X-Uptime: 45 days X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 i386 X-Location: Brisbane, Australia; 27.49841S 152.98439E X-URL: http://www.gbch.net/gjb.html X-Blog: http://www.gbch.net/gjb/blog/ X-Image-URL: http://www.gbch.net/gjb/gjb-auug048.gif X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: EBB2 2A92 A79D 1533 AC00 3C46 5D83 B6FB 4B04 B7D6 X-Request-PGP: http://www.gbch.net/keys/4B04B7D6.asc Subject: Progress with usability of AMD64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:49:09 -0000 When I first did an AMD64 install on my then-new 64-bit hardware, I was happy with the way FreeBSD itself behaved, but seriously hampered by the huge number of ports that were marked broken for 64-bit architectures at that time. Eventually, I just re-installed as i386 and went on with my life. Since we're close to a new release, I'm wondering what experience people have had recently with running in 64-bit mode. Are most of those broken ports now fixed? Or is there some magic that allows building of just the broken ones in 32-bit mode such that they'll run on a 64-bit box? Or is it viable to build those ports on a 32-bit i386 and expect them to just run on the AMD64? Or is there some other solution (other than doing without the broken stuff)? Since this is not strictly on topic for this list, perhaps people could reply direct to me. If I get some interesting information, I'll post a summary here in a short while. Greg