Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:27:39 -0800 (PST) From: Boris Spirialitious <hardcodeharry@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.x Opteron Question Message-ID: <20050318172739.61631.qmail@web90208.mail.scd.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: 6667
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--- 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. > > That is very curious to say. Isn't the advantage > of Opteron the superior IO architecture? There is > not much advantage with 64 bit computing. What is > faster about it? Pointers are bigger, so it use > more cache for less. NOt much 64bit math in > OS. Why do you say it will perform worse? > > Boris I am waiting for your answer. Boris __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo
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