From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 09:46:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CD8337B401 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:46:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A5B543FA3 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:46:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.12.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h3AGkGUE075170; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:46:16 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost)h3AGkEJm075167; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:46:15 +0300 (EEST) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:46:14 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi To: Peter Wemm In-Reply-To: <20030409084936.B68AD2A7EA@canning.wemm.org> Message-ID: <20030410194543.U61076-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hammer/x86-64/amd64 kernel support.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:46:18 -0000 On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Peter Wemm wrote: > Attila Nagy wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > In case anybody is interested: > > Great news! > > > > > CPU: AMD ClawHammer(tm) (3.14-MHz Hammer-class CPU) > > Shouldn't we (the FreeBSD users, the community) step up to ensure that > > Peter will get a faster Hammer from AMD? :) > > I was wondering if anybody would notice. :-) It's a pre-alpha machine and > I'm not allowed to talk about speed. The real numbers were there, but I > figured pi was more interesting. I will say though, that I'm mighty > impressed with it, particularly given that it was a prototype cpu. It > does run FreeBSD/i386 very nicely. > Bochs is supposed to have x86-64 support these days - would freebsd boot under it? > Cheers, > -Peter > -- > Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com > "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 >