AMD64 vs i386 for FreeBSD

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Jun 29, 2004, at 7:13 PM, Doug White wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Kenneth Culver wrote:
>
>> It runs OK, with some minor nits compared to x86 version. I'm not sure
>> what the
>> laptop maker is talking about... but if you boot the x86 version of 
>> FreeBSD,
>> it'll work. I think they meant you can't switch from amd64 to x86 
>> after
>> already
>> booting an OS.
>
> Me either. -current actually supports running i386 binaries in amd64 
> mode.
> Thats one of the processor's features. :-)

Does -CURRENT actually have this in it now?  A while back the emulation 
stuff needed to run x86 binaries while in amd64 FreeBSD was not part of 
CURRENT and the comments were that it was too unstable...

Thanks
Chad
who is running his Opterons in x86 FreeBSD because he needs java :-)

>
> You can't run amd64 binaries when booted into an i386 OS, of course.