From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 22 18:01:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B003716A4E1 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:01:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nsayer@kfu.com) Received: from mx2.netflix.com (mail2.netflix.com [216.35.131.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E7C943D49 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:01:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nsayer@kfu.com) Received: from [10.2.229.132] ([10.2.229.132]) by mx2.netflix.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k7MI18B3008410 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:01:08 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <14D2911D-64BE-4625-8F59-BA0EA2B92A10@kfu.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org From: Nicholas Sayer Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:01:10 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= X-Language-Identified: TRUE Subject: Conroe & Asus P5B. Should I convert? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:01:16 -0000 I have a Conroe (E6600) running on an Asus P5B. This motherboard is based on the P965 chipset. Right now it's running as an i386. I've had to hack a few of the drivers to properly recognize this system, but the important parts of it do work correctly. Since the CPU has EM64T capability, I'm considering switching the machine over. I've read some of the list archives and believe I can use a temporary 2nd drive to do the cross-build, boot and upgrade rigamarole. I'm a bit more concerned about the ports. I see the COMPAT_IA32 option in the kernel configuration. Can I expect my installed packages to work after the upgrade? Specifically at least Apache 2, PHP, JDK15, PostgreSQL 8.1 annd KDE? I guess since I have a working system now, I'm sort of looking for a reason not to break it. :)