Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 08:23:52 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040702152352.GB78489@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040630011735.8mv40og88c4goko8@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> References: <36u63c$231i65@mxip07a.cluster1.charter.net> <20040629103106.gpw4kwscsg88k0c8@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> <20040629181248.S54069@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20040630011735.8mv40og88c4goko8@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz>
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 01:17:35AM -0400, Kenneth Culver wrote: > Quoting Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>: > >Me either. -current actually supports running i386 binaries in amd64 mode. > >Thats one of the processor's features. :-) > > >You can't run amd64 binaries when booted into an i386 OS, of course. > > Yeah you can run x86 but you cant' go into regular 32 bit mode that's all. ENOPARSE, can you please restate this? -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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