David Ruggiero <[email protected]> wrote: > So from this discussion, as far as I can tell, > I have a choice of _four_ different OpenBSD kernels that could > legitimately be booted on my net6501 and would probably run: > > 32-bit i386 uniprocessor > 32-bit i386 SMP > 64-bit amd64 uniprocessor > 64-bit amd64 SMP
OpenBSD/i386 and /amd64 are different architectures, so the userland is different, not just the kernel. But yes, all of the above do run on the net6501. > A different company than Soekris might do some quick testing, or at > least provide some pithy engineering insight and give its customers a > quick rundown from their point of view on the advantages and > disadvantages of 32 vs 64bit and non-smp vs smp - whether in general, > or for specific common application needs. I don't expect Soekris to comment on 32 bs 64-bit, because the Intel CPUs used in the net6501 officially do not support 64-bit mode. Yes, it happens to work fine, but that's not something you can guarantee, much less advertise. Now that public attention has been drawn to the issue, I wonder if Soeren might have to "fix" it. Oh well. Now that Intel has announced the new Silvermont Atoms with all the goodies (AES-NI, RDRAND, and of course 64-bit mode), I'm wondering how long it will take for these to trickle through to Soekris-format boxes. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [email protected] _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
