When will the amd64 be supported?

[Garrett Cooper]

On Jun 4, 2010, at 12:55 AM, fbsdmail at dnswatch.com wrote:

> 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.

Your config looks ok. You just need to cross-build or build under amd64 native.
HTH,
-Garrett