Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:26:50 -0700 From: "Josh Carroll" <josh.carroll@gmail.com> To: "Don O'Neil" <lists@lizardhill.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating from i386 to AMD64 Message-ID: <8cb6106e0704171726l3c164505i465f3ce853e9ada6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <034c01c7814c$3632e070$0300020a@mickey> References: <034c01c7814c$3632e070$0300020a@mickey>
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> Now.. Can I just use the same SMP kernel I have currently (assuming the > correct drivers are loaded) for the X2 processor if I just want to run it in > 32 bit mode? Yes, it should work fine. You may need to update /etc/fstab of course, and any other settings that need to change along with the motherboard change, but other than that it should just work. > Or do I need to do a complete re-install/upgrade to the AMD64 > platform version of FreeBSD? If you want to run the AMD64 version, yes the BKM is a re-install. But you need not install the AMD64 version, the i386 version will run fine on the X2. > I'm not worried about memory usage past 4 GB (that's all we're installing), > or the slight (possible) increase in speed from using the native 64 bit > stuff. Then stick with i386. Your existing installation (assuming you've not used processor-specific CFLAGS to build world and/or ports) should work fine. Regards, Josh
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