Re: [tlug] AMD 64 Bit

[mudrii <mudrii@example.com>]

I Have 2 System running Linux on 64 bit. hand made
2 x Asus A8N SLI Premium
AMD64 X2 3800+ and 4400+
RAM 2G RAID 0/1
Check it http://mudrii.ath.cx/phpsysinfo/
And work well with new kernel 2.6.13 gentoo-sources pure 64bit
I had some problem but all was fixed.
Problems Internal timer was fixed wit passing to kernel in grub "notsc"
or "noapictimer" check http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5105
Problem with forcedeth nForce NET driver was fixed with Kernel patches
http://www.colorfullife.com/~manfred/Linux-kernel/forcedeth/
All works fine powernow scaling, sensors with lm_sensors and no problem
with compilation for any source even I use agresive CFLAG for my system.
CFLAGS="-march=k8 -O3 -pipe -funroll-all-loops -fpeel-loops -ftracer
-ffast-math -mfpmath=sse -msse3 -fforce-addr"
GCC 3.4.4
For laptop AMD64 Turion is a god choice.
Check some tests:
http://www.tomshardware.com/mobile/20050830/index.html
http://www.laptoplogic.com/resources/articles/42/1/1/
Regards
mudrii

Uva Coder wrote:

>On 9/12/05, Gerald Naughton <naughton123@example.com> wrote:
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>>Hi All
>>Looking to buy a 64 Bit AMD machine for Linux
>>I see that Dell has no AMD machine
>>Anyone brought a HP/Compaq machine and had no
>>problems?
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>I would advise you not to get a AMD64 laptop, unless you need a lap
>heater. Perhaps I'll appreciate it more this winter. Besides that, the
>Compaq Presario R3140 that I own runs very well using SuSE 9.3 and
>Fedora Core 4.
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>I don't recommend using bleeding edge Debian (testing) with AMD64 at
>the moment. I've recently experienced problems keeping the correct
>time. It is a bit of a nuisance having time goes 10x faster than
>normal on a toolbar. ;)
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>As for the desktop, I have 4 home built AMD64 machines. Three are
>running Plan 9 and one is running Fedora/Xen/Plan9. I've had  a lot of
>success with AMD64. You can build a system for less than a $1000 if
>you skip on frills. I saw a low end AMD64 Sempron system selling for
>approximately $400 at PC Depot recently.
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>--uva
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>P.S. , For all those folks on the mailing list wanting to run Plan 9,
>Knoppix is adding Plan9 to its distro to promote Xen on Knoppix.
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