When will the amd64 be supported?

[fbsdmail at dnswatch.com]

On Fri, June 4, 2010 12:38 am, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Jun 4, 2010, at 12:31 AM, fbsdmail at dnswatch.com wrote:
>
>
>> On Fri, June 4, 2010 12:19 am, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:16 AM,  <fbsdmail at dnswatch.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Greetings,
>>>> If it isn't already apparent, this is my first attempt building
>>>> kernel on an AMD based arch. I have spent some 20yrs building
>>>> world/kernel on the arch i386. But, after reading everything I
>>>> thought I would need to know, I'm /still/ unable to complete a
>>>> successful kernel build on the amd64 arch.
>>>>
>>>> cd /usr/src make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYAMDKERN fails: MYAMDKERN
>>>> not found cd sys/amd64/ config MYAMDKERN OK cd ../compile/MYAMDKERN
>>>> make cleandepend && make depend fails with alot of "i386" errors
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, on a fresh 8-RELEASE install from DVD w/cvsupped src && ports,
>>>> now running GENERIC, with a successful buildworld... Is it possible
>>>> to build for the amd64 arch?
>>>>
>>>> If so, can anyone suggest where I went wrong?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for all your time and consideration in this matter.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try sys/amd64/conf ;)...
>>>
>> Right you are! Sorry that was a /typo/ on my part.
>> That /should/ have read:
>> cd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf config OK
>> cd ../compile/MYAMDKERN make cleandepend && make depend
>>
>> which fails w/ alot of "i386" related errors.
>>
>> Did I understand you correctly?
>>
>>
>> Thank you for all your time and consideration.
>>
>
> uname -m and providing your MYAMDKERN would help too... I've been running
> amd64 for at least 5 years now, so I doubt it's the architecture. Thanks,
I hope to be running the /same/ -- soon! :)

Well, as you're now already aware, I've builtworld for the "i386" -- I
have no idea how I ended up that way.

That said, you can find the KERNCONF I'm using form:
/usr/src/sys/amd64/conf

@ https://ultimatedns.NET/XIII.gz

Thank you very much for your continued time and consideration.

--Chris

> -Garrett