From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 24 19:37:26 2008 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 C77571065670 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:37:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from christopher.maness@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96D238FC13 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:37:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from christopher.maness@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m34so1110193wag.27 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:37:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:sender; bh=xVaJk/uxp38zNO/tdnlEgVE6YTnDm06O0ASMpmQRjR8=; b=i5l+R6AUAeP3yNBrmlCCF851+OrbDPhgLXFUbN1R7/9zBXkdRfqTwvZ3v8yDIcZTgK 4T8B1+m0ZXxmtDKsGnrAP7hdrPqHm4O/BVBcDo6jGndyrL9XhS6qEAvqOD03DzZ+m2uT P4pP9H4sMzgWNse0VPMryV16oKfGYKspzXaXU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :sender; b=h/A+QDdO/7jiaj5UZMEqloKaDnMDfzyoI80GPqt7OItBUjGShHQ2wHnzN6EaEIrCA/ 31yFhuZeEhSBivFgapn9t6LrZHScxe3n8uAO9YCzh7FhtJUeCEBDf6/GuWNLhNT45vU2 4XSFn3V7UqAOOJBmygNQ1Wjxz9KyIMDb308Kw= Received: by 10.114.196.1 with SMTP id t1mr2082065waf.107.1227555446192; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:37:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.65? (adsl-76-238-148-150.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net [76.238.148.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m28sm6212865poh.22.2008.11.24.11.37.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:37:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <492B0275.6000300@chrismaness.com> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:37:25 -0800 From: Chris Maness User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <20081112100640.GA21560@icarus.home.lan> <492AF564.5050605@chrismaness.com> <20081124200044.A1528@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20081124200044.A1528@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Chris Maness Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xeon Quad Core (Was: Server Freezing Solid) 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: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:37:26 -0000 Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> Since a Xeon Quad Core is a 64bit processor, would it work ok with >> FreeBSD? Or would the adm64 release be better for that chip? > > don't be suggested by "amd" in port name. it's for AMD64-compatible > processor, for example your xeon Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I am currently running FreeBSD 7.0 the regular i386 release. I would prefer to keep it that way if migration to the 64bit release would mean rebuilding from scratch (there is probably an easier way to convert an i386 release to a amd64 release). Another poster seemed to indicate that the i386 release would run just fine on a quad core chip. Would there be a major performance gain with amd64 over that of the i386 build on a Xeon Quad Core? Sorry, all this stuff is rather new to me as I have been running ancient gear for a while. Chris