From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 5 16:40:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3399116A400 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:40:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from farris.bafirst.com (adsl-065-081-102-002.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [65.81.102.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B312F13C469 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:40:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from HOME.encontacto.net ([189.129.2.135]) by farris.bafirst.com with esmtp; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:40:36 -0500 id 0006D421.46659204.000023D4 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by HOME.encontacto.net with local; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:40:34 -0500 id 0004AC27.46659202.0000FD79 Received: from dsl-189-129-2-135.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-189-129-2-135.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.129.2.135]) by intranet.encontacto.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:40:34 -0500 Message-ID: <20070605114034.zhsdibbccgwswk00@intranet.encontacto.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:40:34 -0500 From: eculp@encontacto.net To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <499c70c0706050348x3cf9e50fn929b910e7c6b0519@mail.gmail.com> <200706051316.l55DGSU0052272@lurza.secnetix.de> <20070605132320.GQ45756@hoeg.nl> <83e5fb980706050828t2551a7e3jd0cc9c53d86886d9@mail.gmail.com> <466581B7.6080903@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <466581B7.6080903@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.2-cvs) X-Originating-IP: 189.129.2.135 Subject: Re: Intel C2D COREs not used equally in FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:40:42 -0000 Quoting Garrett Cooper : > Diego Depaoli wrote: >> 2007/6/5, Ed Schouten : >>>> In practice there's (almost) only one reason not to run >>>> FreeBSD/amd64 on amd64-capable hardware: If you depend >>>> on a certain piece of software which is known not to run >>>> correctly in 64bit mode. Fortunately those are not many. >>> >>> I guess most of those are still waiting for a 64-bits nvidia.ko. >> That's true. >> Is there any news? >> > Yeah, a lot of people are still waiting for that (including me.. =20 > can't get nv to work under amd64 :(...). > We should band together and get nvidia to speed up amd64 =20 > development a bit more *sigh*.. Boy am I glad that I am reading this thread. As weird as it may sound, I was going to go buy a new laptop, amd64 =20 with nvidia. In fact the explanation given by Oliver helped push me =20 over to AMD in addition to past experience has always been good with =20 them. I also had the idea that AMD had purchased a chunk of nvidia =20 which made the decision make even more sense to me. Luckily I saw =20 these, before rather that after the fact. I understand from this that the nvidia will not run the new xorg-7.2 =20 with AMD64? Am I reading this right or am I just having a case of =20 PRE-buyers remorse? ;) Thanks, ed