From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 10:57:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 208BE64A for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm31-vm7.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm31-vm7.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.229.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C54288FC08 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:57:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.55] by nm31.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Nov 2012 10:57:48 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.248] by tm8.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Nov 2012 10:57:48 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1040.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 29 Nov 2012 10:57:48 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 1055.23394.bm@omp1040.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 69504 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Nov 2012 10:57:47 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1354186667; bh=OX6YuKidX6yOU5TIkZH8/lIddfKGKT3UUMQmVTgGdp4=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=yL1gkv2LkMoCHExso55ixDVOmDcABdRXOeYjkoCCm+5N8BPXYJVXPezjMCcJFDoJY1voQuI9+YZ/oKlmTp/X9x0f/ARwc78W2DBY7REmR1aRv4l5vDFnZHzc3aFKtEirSfX0Vwjh8PGgZ9NqjfqtZr1snBVH4DTsTQ5oVW59f1Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=exFq1s+gs26bb4p+zkfLq7I2yHOKci0hOwsWABzR3jmv0VIukCMZjP9epg4AI8/i62tXPXQM5T9X+0yqtDmVZQcNeTBKjN6NNzHUaZtDh29jMzB0QbLCV+xlBQurK6r925dtXwslya+Bh+6UpTClZKypzNdvGF19wXnKO2s0mzY=; X-YMail-OSG: r1kXZZYVM1mdcXqW1Tr6ngDu3.mMigekFWDZ_QU_2XfoGGJ ASAzxzbLRxRHCywSP7uSwJunIg1Sqyn0zE0pY8XsKy.YAy63f4l1aYfaKLcm A2Ys9Hb_QL81_ep2YkY1ecb5MYaObTfrexeWfoAyj4RDmY_eAPwm8TCrmvgm zxR7iTfIf9u8WSYd_qnzKhnOtw5SuK7L1noU.HWV1d9lqk26dQ6v1JWazMAC QsKIgaAB2E50keo103_pxKHo1dYbXdI5.JULDxIlgfaNiuJ_zA3_KMMscWD7 5Uq5QA4gRl.L723tOY4E9QUvekOLEN0.wsaCg4QHakc5QNWXxFjnvhgrHnNl kof.5jb6aWECn7uhxBvx.AwOWaoc0C8Kx9o8KDoK9WdPAQVWiuQQoEomQZor I6MM_fqbtDs9fSrkfaa6zoWxxpO2jz5Arl20mvIXVUTKvYhn8qIeVHnPBoQn DWIYeypKzGLYWDhZR7Mz5oHK8UxRns.V.1.cl7Oq5qlrUOnxzDCcDWuRS3Zb BxAyZPjvWT4TaGfLxv0v5wcY- Received: from [98.203.44.66] by web120806.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:57:47 PST X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 001.001, CgogCgpfX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fXwogRnJvbTogRmxldXJpb3QgRGFtaWVuIDxtbEBteS5nZD4KVG86IGJpcmRmdW5kQHlhaG9vLmNvbSAKQ2M6IGZyZWVic2QtcXVlc3Rpb25zQGZyZWVic2Qub3JnIApTZW50OiBXZWRuZXNkYXksIE5vdmVtYmVyIDI4LCAyMDEyIDEyOjQwIFBNClN1YmplY3Q6IFJlOiBpMzg2IHZzIGFtZDY0CiAKCgpPbiBOb3YgMjgsIDIwMTIsIGF0IDY6MzYgUE0sIG1pa2UgbWlza3VsaW4gPGJpcmRmdW5kQHlhaG9vLmNvbT4gd3JvdGU6Cgo.IEFib3V0IHRvIGIBMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.127.475 References: <20121128123623.4A29.AA011270@yahoo.com> <893FBAE2-FDB6-4E8F-AC66-F3D421D3BB9A@my.gd> Message-ID: <1354186667.65158.YahooMailNeo@web120806.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:57:47 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman Subject: Re: i386 vs amd64 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" In-Reply-To: <893FBAE2-FDB6-4E8F-AC66-F3D421D3BB9A@my.gd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bill Tillman List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:57:56 -0000 =0A=0A =0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Fleuriot Damien =0ATo: birdfund@yahoo.com =0ACc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org =0ASen= t: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:40 PM=0ASubject: Re: i386 vs amd64=0A = =0A=0A=0AOn Nov 28, 2012, at 6:36 PM, mike miskulin wr= ote:=0A=0A> About to build a replacement system for an older i386 setup.=A0= A few=0A> years ago I had tried the amd64 port on it and found it was fru= strating=0A> as things that just worked on i386 did not on amd64. IIRC port= s were =0A> large annoyance too.=0A> =0A> Now I have a new system with 8GB,= etc,etc and wonder if I am best off to=0A> stick with i386 and PAE or is t= he amd64 version finally on a par or=0A> close enough that I would not like= ly have many issues like in the past?=0A> =0A> Thanks for your thoughts/(re= cent) experiences.=0A=0A=0AWhat port was that ?=0A=0AI've never had a *sing= le* problem due to using amd64 over i386.=0A=0AFrom a professional point of= view, we're using over 60 amd64 fbsd 8.0 8.1 8.2 and 8.3 boxes at work and= they work just fine.=0A=0A=0AI for one can recommend the 64 bits version.= =0A=0A_______________________________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@f= reebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd= -questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscrib= e@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0AI have been using amd64 for at least 5 years now on = mulitple systems and I don't know of any troubles like you're defining. And= if you're using 8 GB of RAM then why=A0waste 4=A0GB. i386 will not see any= thing above 4 GB. I'd say at least give it a try before you relent. From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 29 11:02:05 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 803E47E1 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:02:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@exonetric.com) Received: from relay.exonetric.net (relay0.exonetric.net [178.250.72.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E2498FC15 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:02:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from markimac.fairfx.local (unknown [62.244.179.74]) by relay.exonetric.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ABD872C5CD; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:53:49 +0000 (GMT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: Grow Mounted Filesystems project From: Mark Blackman In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:53:49 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Lucian X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:02:05 -0000 On 29 Nov 2012, at 10:48, Lucian wrote: > Hi, anyone knows what has become of this? > = http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/new-funded-project-grow-mo= unted.html = http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-head/2012-November/042539.html covers some of it, I believe. - Mark=