On Thursday 02 March 2006 22:13, Statux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Which profile for EM64T setup?': > I currently have a generic i686 setup on my P4 with HT and EM64T. I've > come to realize that I could be doing better so I've started considering > switching over to use EM64T (nocona). I figure that I'll be switching my > CHOST to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu and my march variable in CFLAGS to nocona > (from the i686 it's set to now), rebootstrap and then do a full > system/world rebuild but I haven't been able to find any documentation > regarding which profile I should be using.
While you are going to have to take special care while changing from one CHOST to another, I just checked on gentoo-amd64 and (1) all current x86_64 processors are supported as of the 2006.0 amd64 profile (2) we've got a least two users that have been running amd64 profiles on em64t chips for a while and (3) the profile and arch will remain amd64, at least for now, since it's a PITA to change it and it has < 0 ROI. As for which 2006.0 profile to use, I recommend for the base (multilib) and against no-multilib, but have not tried no-symlink. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
