On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 08:42:56AM -0800, Dave Engvall wrote: > Hi all, > I'm thinking to add a motherboard to my collection. The board I'm > considering has the new AM2 socket, > 2 SATA and only one ATA port, AGP, etc. > > So: > (a) IIRC emc will run in 32 bit mode on the 64 bit processors?
Yes. If you install the EMC2 Live CD on a 64-bit system, you will get a fully working 32-bit operating system that can control hardware. > (b) Can/should one consider compiling for 64 bit mode. My personal experience is that EMC2 can be compiled in 64-bit mode, both in the userspace-only --enable-simulator mode, and also with realtime support. However, in that case you also have to prepare a 64-bit realtime kernel which is at least timeconsuming and sometimes frustrating. EMC 2.2.x and later (including CVS trunk) should compile on these systems, but nobody I know of is testing this on a regular basis. > (c). will the SATA drives cause problems with emc? Not in my (limited) experience. > (d). Sempron or Athalon processor? My system has a Athlon 64 x2 3800+. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
