From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 5 17:48:18 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB7FF16A41F for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 17:48:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 175FD43D72 for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 17:48:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jB5HmFSj076711; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:48:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id jB5HmFtT076710; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:48:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:48:15 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Derrick Edwards Message-ID: <20051205174815.GB76476@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200511292057.13225.dantavious@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200511292057.13225.dantavious@comcast.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 64bit FreeBSD performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:48:18 -0000 On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 08:57:12PM -0500, Derrick Edwards wrote: > All, > I purchased a amd anthlon 64 3700 (754) to be used with VMWARE 5.5. FreeBSD > was going to be the guest OS. It seems that VMWARE only works with amd 64 bit > (939). I was wondering if the performance gain of FreeBSD 64 bit really be > significant compared to 32bit FreeBSD. Your statement is hard to parse - to figure out what you're really saying. VMware 5.5 runs fine on AMD Athlon64 3700 (754-pin) systems if you are running a 32-bit host and want to run 64-bit guests. If you want to run a 64-bit guest you need a revision D or later Athlon64. 64-bit 754-pin Semprons qualify. It isn't an issue of the number of pins the CPU has. You cannot run a 64-bit guest on a 939-pin rev.CG Athlon64. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?