Re: Intel C2D COREs not used equally in FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386

From: Robert Huff <roberthuff_at_rcn.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:39:52 -0400 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:39:11 UTC

Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav writes:

>  > In practice there's (almost) only one reason not to run
>  > FreeBSD/amd64 on amd64-capable hardware:  If you depend
>  > on a certain piece of software which is known not to run
>  > correctly in 64bit mode.  Fortunately those are not many.
>  
>  The only one I can think of (for a desktop) is the Flash plugin.

	The last time I looked - a couple of months ago - I believe
mplayer was also not yet there.

				Robert Huff