From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 26 16:26:30 2005 Return-Path: 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 7FBF316A4CE for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:26:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailtest.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11EFF43D39 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:26:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailtest.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCBB7F25A4 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:46:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailtest.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 86831-01-71 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:46:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from s9.sbo (s9.sbo [192.168.0.9]) by mailtest.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 380E5F2591 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:46:08 -0800 (PST) From: Freddie Cash Organization: School District 73 - Kamloops, BC To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:46:06 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <41F1903D.3060508@celeritystorm.com> In-Reply-To: <41F1903D.3060508@celeritystorm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501211546.07269.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca Subject: Re: Would this system work correctly with FreeBSD 5.3 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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, 26 Jan 2005 16:26:30 -0000 On January 21, 2005 03:29 pm, Hugo Silva wrote: > I'm buying a Quad AMD Opteron 64 bits, with 4GB memory. I'd like to > know if FreeBSD 5.3 will support a quad-cpu system (with HTT, 8) Opterons do not support HyperThreading. They don't need it. > correctly, without performance losses and consistent operation, no > crashes etc. Is the 4GB memory still a problem in amd64 ? > Lastly, I'd like to hear experiences of linux-compat games (such as > enemy territory, call of duty, halflife 2) running on FreeBSD-AMD64 > -- Do they work correctly on this 64bit CPU system ? > I want to use FreeBSD as I use on all my servers, but I want to be > sure 4 CPUs, 4GB of ram, and 64 bit architecture won't bring me any > stability/usability problems under AMD64. The i386 (32-bit) port will run just fine on the system. The AMD64 (64-bit) port should run just fine. I've only played with dual-proc Opteron systems in 32-bit and 64-bit mode, and they ran fine (8 GB RAM), using 5.3-RELEASE. -- Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca