Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:00:18 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Medi Montaseri <mmontaseri@amcc.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 and FreeBSD 5.2.1 Message-ID: <20050115030018.GA52185@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <41E8800A.70005@amcc.com> References: <41E8800A.70005@amcc.com>
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On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:29:30PM -0800, Medi Montaseri wrote: > > Hi....I am having some problem porting my app to FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a > amd64 and am wondering about the state of 5.2.1 before I dive into > debugging.... > FYI...my app works fine on 64 bit linux. > > My concerns are: > > 1- http://www.freebsd.org/releng/#schedule describes 5.2.1 as > "FreeBSD 5.2 / 5.2.1 security fix branch (not officially supported)." > What do you mean by "not supported"....should I use 5.3 "not supported" means that if you have problems, then update to 5.3; otherwise don't expect help. > > 2- I do'nt see gdb(1) on the 5.2.1 ISOs. Was this never ported ? gdb is the debugger in 5.3. > I have found gdb-6 but that requires libm.so.3 which is not available on > 5.2.1.... Install 5.3. > stopped there as I was getting into pre-req recursive rat hole... > If gdb was not made available, should I interpret this as 5.2.1 is not a > formal release? Yes. > 4- My motherboard is actually a dual CPU using Intel EM64T (Extended > Memory) but uname -m shows amd64.....I hope this ok... Yes. > I've seen some conversations on ld-elf.so.1 available at > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-February/021414.html > Where Kenneth Merry at FreeBSD org concludes... A year old discussion is probably not relevant here. Do yourself a big favor and upgrade to 5.3. -- Steve
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