5.2-RELEASE TODO

[Peter Wemm]

Scott Long wrote:
> David O'Brien wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 10:00:17AM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
> > 
> >> |---------------------+-----------+-----------------+--------------------|
> >> |                     |           |                 | Productionable     |
> >> |                     |           |                 | support for the    |
> >> |                     |           |                 | AMD64 platform.    |
> >> |                     |           |                 | Currently, AMD64   |
> >> |                     |           |                 | runs fully in      |
> >> |                     |           |                 | 32-bit emulation   |
> >> | Tier-1 Support for  | In        | Peter Wemm,     | mode, and boots to |
> >> | AMD64 Hammer        | progress  | David O'Brien   | single-user in     |
> >> |                     |           |                 | 64-bit mode. We    |
> >> |                     |           |                 | expect full        |
> >> |                     |           |                 | production support |
> >> |                     |           |                 | for the AMD64      |
> >> |                     |           |                 | architecture in    |
> >> |                     |           |                 | 5.2-RELEASE.       |
> >> |---------------------+-----------+-----------------+--------------------|
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > PLEASE, PLEASE update this.  Not implying that FreeBSD/amd64 doesn't make
> > it multiuser and can build its own world would be sufficient.
> > 
> 
> Sorry, I missed this when I did my scrub yesterday.  I'll fix it now.
> Btw, does X work on it?  Can I compile/install it without hassle?

Yes.  It installs Just Fine.  You wont even notice the difference relative
to an i386 machine.  X builds/runs.  I dont think the Xserver port packages
yet though, but it does build.  I think David is working on that.

Cheers,
-Peter
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