In the last episode (Jan 12), Frank Lay said: > The CURRENT (9.0R) release notes have the following to say about the AMD64 > port: > > -------------------------->8------------------------------------- > As of this writing, the following processors are supported: > ... > * All Intel Core 2 (not Core Duo) and later processors > ... > -------------------------->8------------------------------------- > > Yet I see many people on the Internet claiming that they're running > FreeBSD version <= 9.0 successfully with Core Duos. What's the meaning of > this? I own a C2D E8400 (Wolfdale) processor, would I perhaps be safer > chosing the i386 port? Or is this all hyperbole?
Core Duo processors don't have support for the 64-bit instruction set, that's all, so they have to use the i386 distribution. To verify, go to http://ark.intel.com/products/family/22731 , hit the "Select All" button, and then "Compare now". -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
