From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 27 22:50:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C19F16A403 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:50:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71DD843D46 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:50:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jfvogel@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id o67so440975pye for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:25 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=rDDvxUlWL3ipIaCsoimZbWUQnm9dNyJVqUWJXEP5ixR2uof1Eie37b4hL5qTUqCLJ/Ip50PrMKAH7QLdlYENLW0nk9U+R50l3b7H93Sb4UWq5/tgO2QSWx9q4yx5vBgUP5CtD6Ea7S78cFqm4brDNGhsfyVTsZL3BlKjP/szqsA= Received: by 10.35.37.13 with SMTP id p13mr2380365pyj; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.119.14 with HTTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2a41acea0609271550r1aad6b0ehf660bb9742d96d77@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:50:25 -0700 From: "Jack Vogel" To: "mailinglists@net-virtual.com" In-Reply-To: <33832.207.47.2.114.1159394517.squirrel@207.47.2.114> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <28535.207.47.2.114.1159392076.squirrel@207.47.2.114> <2a41acea0609271436i5adf81dcm77bc6f07b9bd1ee6@mail.gmail.com> <33832.207.47.2.114.1159394517.squirrel@207.47.2.114> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel se7230NH1-E, 6gb memory not working on FreeBSD 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:50:27 -0000 On 9/27/06, mailinglists@net-virtual.com wrote: > > Absolutely, its an architecture not a brand name, should call it x86_64 > > as often done in Linux. If you run only a 32bit kernel on that system of > > yours you're cheating yourself out of performance anyway. > > > > slurp down an iso and boot that before you go pulling dimms and such :) > > > > Jack > > > > Okay, I'm doing that now (it will take a while, system is on IP-KVM and > needs to get a CD-ROM attached to it). > > In the meantime, here are a few other questions that are not entirely > obvious to me: > > 1. The system currently runs x86 FreeBSD 6.0. In the process of switching > to AMD64 6.1, will I need to recompile everything (apache/etc) or will > this work okay with x86 32-bit binaries? Yes, the 64bit system has support for running 32bit apps, I just ran a quick test and built a test program on x86, tried linking both static and dynamic, and both worked on an amd64 install. > 2. Are there any changes to the filesystem structure or can this switch be > done "in place" without reformatting the filesystems? Filesystem is not architecture specific, so should have no problem with the switch. > Sorry if these questions seem pedantic, I've never done a move from x86 to > amd64. Not pedantic at all, just normal good questions :) Good luck in your switch :) Jack