Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:22:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64) Message-ID: <44r6khh4xh.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920709262135l1daa6a45k3a2fc492f8711d42@mail.gmail.com> (Aryeh Friedman's message of "Thu\, 27 Sep 2007 04\:35\:03 %2B0000") References: <bef9a7920709262135l1daa6a45k3a2fc492f8711d42@mail.gmail.com>
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"Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> writes: > Currently I have done a build/installworld build/install/kernel using > a i386 CPUTYPE (w/ SMP and APIC set in the kernel (I am using the > default sys/i386/conf/GENERIC) do I need to change this to amd64 for a > intel duo e6850? (I have had several seemingly unrelated problems > that no one seems to be able to reproduce)... btw it is a P35 chipset It should work fine with either. With large amounts of memory (over 4 gigabytes), amd64 will be better. There are a few (mostly desktop-only) ports that will run on i386 but not on amd64.
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