On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 02:13:16PM +0100, Bill Crawford wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:54:35PM +0200, Laurent Rineau wrote: > > > > We prefer 32bit on those platforms. > > > What if I have a x86_64 platform and nevertheless want only a 64-bits kernel > > > and almost all 32-bits apps? > > Given the architecture constraints, why do you want that? Is this a real use > > case that should be given serious consideration? > 32-bit code for most platforms is smaller *and* uses less memory > (pointers at least being half the size). There is often a speed > penalty too. But we're not talking about "most platforms". We're talking about x86_64. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
