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
Message-ID <CAOgWbG-G4jxDpJrP5vXNGVmB=w4k6bkiNSkybMSNKktvSU+tYA@mail.gmail.com>
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