Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 16:57:51 -0700 From: Henrik W Lund <henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no> To: ara@avvali.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD 64 and 4.10. will they work? Message-ID: <413E4AFF.5000003@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20040907032749.B611F43D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20040907032749.B611F43D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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Ara Avvali wrote: >I have checked on site and what I can see that 5 is the one which actually >supports athlon 64 processors. But what I am wondering if there is anyway to >run it under 4.10 since we are looking for stable series. I mean is it >possible to run 4.10 under AMD64 and if it is, do I get benefit from speed >improvements over 32 bit processors or the only way to get a true 64bit is 5 >series > >Thank you for help > Greetings! FreeBSD 4.10 will install fine on an AMD64, but the processor will be running in 32-bit mode. Still, the AMD64 is the fastest 32-bit processor out there. ;-) -Henrik W Lund
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