Sorry, I'm sure these are dumb questions...
I've had a fair bit of experience with FreeBSD 32-bit Intel, but want to make my next machine an AMD64 FreeBSD machine. However, I've got important programs written for 32-bit Unix.
1) Will these programs run unmodified on AMD64 FreeBSD if they were compiled on 32bit FreeBSD?
2) Is the C compiler on AMD64 FreeBSD set up for a compiling 32-bit code as well such that it should compile with minimum or zero changes?
3) Are there significant differences in what ports are available for AMD64 FreeBSD?
4) Any differences in kernel/device driver support for hardware?
thanks...
I've had a fair bit of experience with FreeBSD 32-bit Intel, but want to make my next machine an AMD64 FreeBSD machine. However, I've got important programs written for 32-bit Unix.
1) Will these programs run unmodified on AMD64 FreeBSD if they were compiled on 32bit FreeBSD?
2) Is the C compiler on AMD64 FreeBSD set up for a compiling 32-bit code as well such that it should compile with minimum or zero changes?
3) Are there significant differences in what ports are available for AMD64 FreeBSD?
4) Any differences in kernel/device driver support for hardware?
thanks...