Re: amd64 on MacBook Pro 5,5 (mid 2009)?

[Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>]

coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:40:45PM +0900, ???? wrote:
>> I was hoping to install NetBSD on a 7+-year-old MacBook Pro (details
>> below), but after reading the following, I'm not so sure.
>> "Known to work ... Core2Duo processor (it still crashes, but the amd64 much
>> less often than the i386 port)" in _How to install NetBSD on an Apple Macbook
>> with Core 2 Duo_.
>> https://wiki.netbsd.org/tutorials/how_to_install_netbsd_on_an_apple_macbook_with
>> _core2duo/
>> However the article seems to be somewhat outdated, so I have two
>> questions:
>> 1) Is amd64, not i386, the best port for this machine?
>> 2) Is the latest version (7.0.2) of NetBSD stable on this hardware?
>> Details on machine:
>> 13-inch, Mid 2009, MacBookPro5,5
>> processor: Intel Core 2 Duo (2.53 GHz)
>> number of processors: 1; number of cores: 2; secondary cache: 3 MB
>> memory 4 GB, 1067 MHz DDR3; bus speed: 1.07 GHz
>> 
>> Thanks so much.
>
>I heard a claim that bwi (the broadcom wifi driver) won't
>work in 64bit and needs a workaround to do so, but I don't
>have devices that can use it.

The bwi(4) driver works fine for me on amd64.