Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:05:12 -0800 (PST) From: Boris Spirialitious <hardcodeharry@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x Opteron Question Message-ID: <20050318200512.69354.qmail@web90202.mail.scd.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: 6667
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--- Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> wrote: > Kenneth Culver wrote: > > Quoting Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org>: > > > >> Boris Spirialitious wrote: > >> > >>> --- Boris Spirialitious > <hardcodeharry@yahoo.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> --- Matthew Seaman > <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:50:22AM -0800, > Boris > >>>>> Spirialitious wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> When opteron support start for Freebsd? I > have > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> 4.9. > >>>>> > >>>>>> is supported? Or 4.11 better? I can't use > 5.x. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Well, AMD64 support as a tier-1 platform only > came > >>>>> in with 5.x, so > >>>>> you're S.O.L. if you have to use a 4.x release > >>>>> version. > >>>>> > >>>>>> Will a i386 disk boot on opteron system? Can > I > >>>>>> use same disk image for intel and amd MBs? > Any > >>>>>> big problems? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> You can generally run AMD64 machines in IA32 > mode > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>>> but what would be > >>>>> the point? All you get then is a machine that > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> costs > >>>> > >>>>> more than an > >>>>> equivalent IA32 box and that probably performs > >>>>> worse. > > > > > > Actually due to the onboard memory controller it > performs significantly > > better > > than like-priced chips from intel. > > I completely agree with you, Ken, but I had the > feeling that this fellow > was flamebaiting me, and I didn't want to subject > everyone to that. I > was right to begin with: there is some gain from > having the chip, there > is more gain if you have the better instruction set. > If folks need to > know more, like I *know* you have, you read one of > the many > architectural sites on the web. Why you think flamebait? Mathew say it would be slower with 32bit code, and I agree with you, not him. I want him to answer, because he say things without knowing, so why answer at all? So many people talk but have no real understanding. Boris __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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