On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Rallias UberNerd <robinstar1574@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:39:16 -0600, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Bill McGonigle wrote: >>> >>> "Are you installing Fedora on the computer you're using now?" [YES] [NO] >>> YES -> is any sort of check even possible if the user is running >>> 32-bit on 64-bit? >> >> Yes, if the CPU has the lm (long mode) flag, it's a 64-bit-capable CPU and >> using the 32-bit version is suboptimal. >> >> Kevin Kofler >> > But wouldn't it be better to use 32 bit when less then 4 GB of ram is > present? no, using x86_64 means more registers, sse2 as default floating point instruction set, better calling convention (register passing vs. stack) or in other words in most cases faster code. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
