Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 12:10:20 -0700 From: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> To: miha@ghuug.org Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 on Asus K8V SE Deluxe Message-ID: <1096744220.95617.5.camel@server> In-Reply-To: <200410021900.08350.miha@ghuug.org> References: <20041002144347.GA66319@enemy.org> <20041002184843.GB66319@enemy.org> <200410021900.08350.miha@ghuug.org>
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--=-rlsTazHW3k2gOjPYyR/S Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 12:00, Mikhail P. wrote: > On Saturday 02 October 2004 18:48, Alex D'Elia wrote: > > pcm0: <VIA VT8237> port 0xc800-0xc8ff irq 22 at device 17.5 on pci0 > > pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > > pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1980 AC97 Codec> >=20 > That's good. >=20 > > > > now one last issue for me, is the Linux compatibility, but I think > > that must be a problem, as it seems that the emulation works > > only for i386 archs ! mhh !! >=20 > Yes, that's the issue with linux compatibility on amd64.. > It seems like you'll be using computer as desktop, so I would suggest tha= t you=20 > switch to 32bit mode - it will be still (almost) as fast as in 64bit - an= d=20 > install i386 distribution. That way you will have much less issues with=20 > emulation/multimedia. 32-bit Linux emulation would be all he could use in 32-bit mode anyway.=20 Linux32 emulation works great for me and I have no significant issues with anything running in 64-bit mode natively either. The only exception being the lack of a Java VM. This is a well-known limitation that will hopefully be addressed when Suns Java 5 comes out with a source license in a few more weeks. Cheers, Sean --=-rlsTazHW3k2gOjPYyR/S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBXv0byQsGN30uGE4RAiKIAJsESyJWLTvZW7W7hGLw6W1YRFri7QCfT3wi cW6JIyvKC/KqGs9JJnmfhh4= =XhO2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-rlsTazHW3k2gOjPYyR/S--
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