Going STABLE in 64bit

[Andy Wodfer]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net> wrote:

> On 6/16/2011 11:49 AM, Andy Wodfer wrote:
> > Hi, I'm running 8.2 REL. Are there any specific things to be aware of
> when compiling kernel and making world in 64bit? Required kernel modules
> etc?
>
> I sometimes forget that the kernel config is in
>  cd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/
> and not
>  cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/
>
> ... so I will be editing the wrong kernel config file, rebuilding, and
> not understanding why the changes are not reflected in my kernel as
> loaded.  But other than that and a little longer build times, all is
> pretty much the same
>
> Just to be clear, you have an existing 64bit 8.2 system you are just
> updating to stable right ?
>

Thanks for your email Mike!

Yes, my system is currently running in 64bit.

/Andreas