OpenBSD Doesn't Support 64-Bit Intel
Jash Sefferson <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jul 2013 00:06:05 -0400
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.openbsd.smp,gmane.os.openbsd.misc |
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Hi guys. I=E2=80=99m a civil engineer by day and use OpenBSD at night, but I=E2=80= =99m trying to do high-end CAD on my home PC and OpenBSD doesn=E2=80=99t support 64-bit Int= el chips. Don't believe me? It says very clearly at the OpenBSD/amd64 page: =E2=80=9C= All versions of the AMD Athlon 64 processors and their clones are supported.=E2= =80=9D But does not mention or list any Intel chips. Not one. Wtf? I can do CAD on my i7-980X under Windows 7 SP 1, but I=E2=80=99d rat= her use something secure and responsibly coded like OpenBSD. Except that I can't. Why for the life of this platform are we not on the only future direction for the platform? And I mean that literally. Neither AMD nor Intel sells 32-bit chips anymore. If OpenBSD remains stuck at 32 bits, people will st= op using and developing for it. Who makes the decision to keep OpenBSD off of 64-bit Intel? And why the hell are they doing so? -jash