Barring any BIOS issues a standard ia32 kernel will boot and run happily on an
AMD64 processor.
-Kip
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Mark wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Baldwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: CPU update
>
>
> > On Wednesday 03 March 2004 06:02 pm, Mark wrote:
>
> > > Dear Sirs:
> > >
> > > I compiled my FreeBSD 4.7R for an AMD XP-2000. If I upgrade to an
> > > AMD 64 3200, will my OS still run? The AMD 64 is 32-bit downwards
> > > compatible.
> >
> > Yes. FreeBSD 5.x also supports amd64 natively.
>
> Thank you for your answer.
>
> Am I reading your "also" right, that you say, "Yes, 4.7R will run on the AMD
> 64 too; but only 5.x will support its native 64 bit mode support"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Mark
>
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