On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 20:34 +0000, James wrote: > Hello, > > I've seen snipits of various issues related to running gentoo on a 64 bit > amd processor. In particular, I'd like to get a 'low power' > chip such as the Turion in a portable.
I have a Turion MT-32 laptop (ABS Mayhem F-15 A40 which is actually an MSI-1011 and only sold by NewEgg for $900.) > One of my concerns is whether to use > 32 bit or 64 bit Gentoo on a 64 bit AMD portable. Is there > a document I can read somewhere that explains the merits > and problems on how to set up Gentoo on a 64 bit machine? > If not can somebody explain the caveats of 64 bit (amd) gentoo? > I do not wish to be on the 'bleeding edge' of 64 bit AMD issues, > but, I'd like to access the power. I'm running a variety of > 32 bit stable gentoo systems now, with relative ease. I've basically had no problems running a 64-bit system other than the well-known mplayer & flash-type problems, except when I go and try to compile open source applications. Many make fundamental assumptions about data layouts and sizes that are simply not true for 64-bit systems. BTW, I have had ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" for months now without any serious problems, although I do run into the occasional (non-essential) package which won't compile. They are usually fixed (or a patch provided) in a reasonable amount of time. I'd unhesitantly run a 64-bit system on an AMD64 system again. --- Vladimir -- Vladimir G. Ivanovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [email protected] mailing list
