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From: Anthony Metcalf <Anthony.Metcalf@×××××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mtune=k6-2 and a *small* upgrade
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:43:25
Message-Id: 47FB8484.5020300@anferny.ath.cx
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] mtune=k6-2 and a *small* upgrade by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On Tuesday 08 April 2008, Anthony Metcalf wrote:
3 >
4 >> � � But what else? Will mtune=k6-2 make executables that will run on
5 >> an Athlon 64? Anyone tried this? Would I get to a point where I could
6 >> make -e world and have a nice working system?
7 >>
8 >
9 > k6 is 32 bit right?
10 >
11 > There's no sane upgrade path to amd64, looks like you are in for a
12 > reinstall
13 >
14 >
15 Yes, 32bit, and Athlon 64s ran x86 last I heard :)
16
17 The 64bit argument is one I will have to consider more deeply, but
18 certainly in the near term, I won't gain anything from it, as I don't do
19 *any* of the things the extended memory range is good for, and don't
20 need more than 4GB RAM.......
21
22 Later when I upgrade to a phenom, and stick 1GB RAM per core in there,
23 then yeah, I will probably recompile into 64bit, but that can be done in
24 a chroot, and migrated fairly easily I would expect, so long as the
25 system is running.

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Re: [gentoo-user] mtune=k6-2 and a *small* upgrade Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] mtune=k6-2 and a *small* upgrade Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] mtune=k6-2 and a *small* upgrade Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>