AMD-64

Larry Rosenman ler at lerctr.org
Sun Jan 15 08:15:08 PST 2006


Jack Stone wrote:
> Folks, please bear with this one.
> 
> I have 2 new AMD-64 servers on an Abit AN8 MB:
> CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+
> ACPI APIC Table: <Nvidia AWRDACPI>
> nVidia nForce4
> 
> I must have been asleep because now just discovered the amd64
> platform. 
> 
> If I install the new FBSD-6.0-amd64 release, I get the amd64 install.
> However, I know the time will come to update/upgrade. I haven't
> figured out how to make the system stop using the old: /sys/i386/conf
> rather than:
> /sys/amd64/conf
> 
> If I try to upgrade the "i386" to the amd64, I keep getting the
> "i386" build and the kernel build fails. 

What machine is in the kernel config?
Also, the cputype is HAMMER


It needs to be amd64.


> 
> I'm wondering if the tweaking needed can be fixed in my make.conf?
> 
> Here's the pertinent lines in my file:
> CPUTYPE=athlon64
> CFLAGS= -O -pipe
> COPTFLAGS= -O -pipe
> NO_LIB32=true
> 
> Any tips on the proper approach to solve this problem will be
> appreciated. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jack
> 
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