Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:57:47 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: i386 vs amd64 Message-ID: <1354186667.65158.YahooMailNeo@web120806.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <893FBAE2-FDB6-4E8F-AC66-F3D421D3BB9A@my.gd> References: <20121128123623.4A29.AA011270@yahoo.com> <893FBAE2-FDB6-4E8F-AC66-F3D421D3BB9A@my.gd>
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________________________________ From: Fleuriot Damien <ml@my.gd> To: birdfund@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:40 PM Subject: Re: i386 vs amd64 On Nov 28, 2012, at 6:36 PM, mike miskulin <birdfund@yahoo.com> wrote: > About to build a replacement system for an older i386 setup. A few > years ago I had tried the amd64 port on it and found it was frustrating > as things that just worked on i386 did not on amd64. IIRC ports were > large annoyance too. > > Now I have a new system with 8GB, etc,etc and wonder if I am best off to > stick with i386 and PAE or is the amd64 version finally on a par or > close enough that I would not likely have many issues like in the past? > > Thanks for your thoughts/(recent) experiences. What port was that ? I've never had a *single* problem due to using amd64 over i386. From a professional point of view, we're using over 60 amd64 fbsd 8.0 8.1 8.2 and 8.3 boxes at work and they work just fine. I for one can recommend the 64 bits version. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have been using amd64 for at least 5 years now on mulitple systems and I don't know of any troubles like you're defining. And if you're using 8 GB of RAM then why waste 4 GB. i386 will not see anything above 4 GB. I'd say at least give it a try before you relent. From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 11:02:05 2012 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 803E47E1 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:02:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@exonetric.com) Received: from relay.exonetric.net (relay0.exonetric.net [178.250.72.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2498FC15 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:02:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from markimac.fairfx.local (unknown [62.244.179.74]) by relay.exonetric.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ABD872C5CD; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:53:49 +0000 (GMT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: Grow Mounted Filesystems project From: Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ94W+y1BibFTocytvMYTZkQYM+bQswXquuojBfxULiGLDd-XQ@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:53:49 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <B273C49A-BE8A-4C59-B5FC-8ED462BB40BB@exonetric.com> References: <CAJ94W+y1BibFTocytvMYTZkQYM+bQswXquuojBfxULiGLDd-XQ@mail.gmail.com> To: Lucian <lucian@lastdot.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:02:05 -0000 On 29 Nov 2012, at 10:48, Lucian <lucian@lastdot.org> wrote: > Hi, anyone knows what has become of this? > http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/new-funded-project-grow-mounted.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-head/2012-November/042539.html covers some of it, I believe. - Mark
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