FreeBSD on Intel Xeon processor 5160

2009-02-22 Thread Metias Adel
Dear Sir, I have IBM x3550 server with Intel Xeon (Dual-Core) processors 5160 @ 3.0 GHz. I need to install FreeBSD 7.0 but I do not know which type of FreeBSD I have to use to take the best performance of the EM64T and Hyperthreading Technologies. Thank you in advance. Best regards, Metias

Re: FreeBSD on Intel Xeon processor 5160

2009-02-22 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 03:41:23PM +0200, Metias Adel wrote: I have IBM x3550 server with Intel Xeon (Dual-Core) processors 5160 @ 3.0 GHz. I need to install FreeBSD 7.0 but I do not know which type of FreeBSD I have to use to take the best performance of the EM64T and Hyperthreading

Re: FreeBSD on Intel Xeon processor 5160

2009-02-22 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Dear Sir, I have IBM x3550 server with Intel Xeon (Dual-Core) processors 5160 @ 3.0 GHz. I need to install FreeBSD 7.0 but I do not know which type of FreeBSD I have to use to take the best performance of the EM64T and Hyperthreading Technologies. Thank you in advance. EM64T == amd64 so

Re: FreeBSD on Intel Xeon processor 5160

2009-02-22 Thread Wojciech Puchar
You should probably use the amd64 version of you want to use more than 4GB of memory. AND IF YOU DO NOT. it's normal to use natural architecture, not backward compatibility. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list