From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 7 19:45:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AAEA106566B for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:45:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f172.google.com (mail-yx0-f172.google.com [209.85.210.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 548368FC14 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe2 with SMTP id 2so5350899yxe.3 for ; Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:45:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Kzo0arj6rysw2Ay2UoEZIs51xlxbZSnB0gPxOecdS3o=; b=ti6clEhetEL2p7CAeTETiNy2seB4UNKvRxm/UXfLz3KEOoXByomWeYSJJTCKHsFdKC wOPtiqs2POWh2iiPIqfq6xLhV/K+qFvymzwFK5lk+6kYbRGmhUTRV2Twosk/drCqSStG ebuu0Aqv/ZpuzwbElliVk/LRjxjB1/5g5Fc/o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E2N/s/PEuCzfs5k/1q9l5p82UBhClYeVNGhwW/nbIEVuC16ly9cBNCER7fA1ZT7gXO tcNxYn65NZCHpebibLnck56842QaJnp8X+H6n54nCDZvZ+Zci5nEWtM/um+kIgS/2/ej TgjYSPo+s8rJwAtA541TSnh0FIv2ZFOr9oqRE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.235.8 with SMTP id i8mr8200655ybh.309.1252350743555; Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:12:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <19109.19659.847421.338678@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <19109.19659.847421.338678@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:12:21 +0200 Message-ID: From: Claus Guttesen To: Robert Huff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new to amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:45:33 -0000 > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0After years using i386, I finally installed amd64 and > ... everything is just like I fondly remember. =A0 :-) > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Thanks to all those who have made that happen. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0However, I'm still a little nervous about the things I don= 't > know yet. =A0I'm about to build a custom kernel; would someone please > take a look at the config file (appended) and tell me if there's > anything I've added, or left out, that's going to break something? I used to custombuild my kernels some years ago. When I look back I did not achieve much, especially not compared to the time spend commenting out features. And I think I did it because "I can". And a postgresql-server needed some tuning. The settings I changed/added are tunable via /etc/sysctl.conf or /boot/loader.conf. So unless your kernel is build with limited memory (guess not) or you really need a handcrafted kernel it's not worth it except you get some knowledge of what goes into a kernel-configuration. Try to compile your kernel and reboot. If it boots, nice. :-) If not, you can alway unload the kernel at the boot prompt and load /boot/kernel.old/kernel and get back to a working kernel. Good luck. --=20 regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare