i386 vs. amd64
Erich Dollansky
erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com
Tue Dec 18 06:13:43 UTC 2012
Hi,
wasn't the same question here a few days ago?
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:16:36 -0500
Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ever since 8.X (my system is now 9.1-RC3 [done via csup]) been using
> i386 with the following main ports:
>
> x11-wm/xfce4
yes.
> www/firefox
Yes.
> www/linux-f10-flashplugin11
> editors/libreoffice
Yes.
> www/tomcat-7
> www/apace22
Typo? Apache 2.2 runs.
> devel/aegis (I am the maintainer)
> devel/fhist
> devel/cook
> java/openjdk6
> emulation/virtualbox-ose (and additions)
> print/cups
Yes.
The ones I did not answer, I do not have installed.
>
> I have avoided amd64 in the past due to some or not all them working,
> but want to switch if possible because PAE seems to be broken now on
> i386.
It was a big jump forward when I switched during 8.0 or 8.1.
>
> So I have the following questions:
>
> 1. Will all the above ports (and their dependencies) work on amd64?
I gave you the answer if I knew one. I general, I do not have problems
which are linked to 32 or 64 bits.
> 2. Is there any way to do a in place switch to amd64 or do I need to
> rebuild the system from the ground up?
To my knowledge, it is still a fresh installation. Just download an
image and start from there.
> 3. In general is amd64 now as capable of handling ports and such as
> well as i386 does?
I saw that some ports I used to use on i386 went 100% smooth on amd64.
I believe that this has improved even further.
Just make the jump.
Erich
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