From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 11 11:49:41 2006 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 C478A16A40F for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:49:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Received: from mail08a.verio.de (mail08a.verio.de [213.198.55.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AD36543D58 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:49:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Received: from mx02.stngva01.us.mxservers.net (204.202.242.66) by mail08a.verio.de (RS ver 1.0.95vs) with SMTP id 3-0771137378; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:49:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from www.jennejohn.org [213.198.5.174] (EHLO peedub.jennejohn.org) by mx02.stngva01.us.mxservers.net (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p4) with ESMTP id 4f9dc254.23509.143.mx02.stngva01.us.mxservers.net; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:48:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jennejohn.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by peedub.jennejohn.org (8.13.7/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k9BBnaxm001133; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:49:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Message-Id: <200610111149.k9BBnaxm001133@peedub.jennejohn.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.0.4 To: alecn2002@yandex.ru In-Reply-To: Message from "alecn2002" of "Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:28:54 +0400." <452C0286.000005.20759@pantene.yandex.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:49:36 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn X-Spam: [F=0.0424868680; heur=0.500(-19800); stat=0.028; spamtraq-heur=0.600(2006101101)] X-MAIL-FROM: X-SOURCE-IP: [213.198.5.174] X-Loop-Detect: 1 X-DistLoop-Detect: 1 Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fw: To amd64 or not to amd64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:49:41 -0000 "alecn2002" writes: > The question is: will I have any benefits if I'll move to amd64 system, or it > 's safer and better to stay with i386 arch? > [snip] > Problem-free operation and stability have precedense for me over system speed > The only real advantage of 64-bit over 32-bit is that you can put more than 4 GB of RAM into the box. If you don't plan to do that, then stick with i386. I've been using a dual-core AMD64 for a while now and I've decided to stick with i386. [snip] > And one side question: will I benefit if I move to amd64 system and install g > cc-4.1, over current gcc-3.4.4 that came with system? > And the same - if I'll stay in i386 mode but upgrade to gcc-4.1? > I mean here both compilation speed and efficiency of generated code. > I can't answer this, but I don't think that all ports and sources are gcc-4.1 clean yet. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyjATjennejohnDOTorg gjATfreebsdDOTorg garyjATdenxDOTde