Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:50:59 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Jim <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 32 bit ports on an AMD64 system Message-ID: <20090901155059.GA56945@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20909010644j7962dc4cub71e725d083072ef@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be0908310811q7974f467xf772f95c662c5e19@mail.gmail.com> <80f4f2b20909010644j7962dc4cub71e725d083072ef@mail.gmail.com>
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--Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 09:44:10AM -0400, Jim wrote: > > First, I hope that you have a good reason for doing this, because it > > is going to be a PITA, and prone to all sorts of problems. [...] >=20 > Unfortunately I do. The 32 bit stuff is *would be really nice, but not > necessary*, but the ability to use extra memory *and* dynamically load > kernel modules is a bit more important to me. All FreeBSD supported platforms can dynamically load native kernel modules,= so why should that be a factor in choosing between i386 and amd64?=20 Roland=20 --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkqdQuMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVQUQCfUWa5FEvNjoULC7yftsc9EByO Bp0Anih233p7ioght8GkRAuN1gLDcygb =+mMz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z--
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