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From: <burlingk@cv63.navy.mil>
To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Semi OT: 64 bit processors, the Linux Kernel, and x86 Gentoo.
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 21:44:39 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AA0639A1EB70AE409130258CE7BDC31806646B1B@messenger.cv63.navy.mil> (raw)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denis [mailto:denis.che@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 9:32 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Semi OT: 64 bit processors, the 
> Linux Kernel, and x86 Gentoo.
> 
> 
> > > What makes the difference between a 64 bit kernel, and a 32 bit 
> > > kernel?
> >
> > Use of 64-bit machine code [*], particularly instructions that make 
> > use of 64-bit native[**] registers[***].
> 
> Is there any slowdown for the 64-bit set-up when it has to 
> run 32-bit software?
> 
> Aside from not having the 64-bit Flash for Firefox, are most 
> popular packages in Gentoo portage 64-bit compatible?
> -- 

A lot of the AMD64 packages are masked as unstable.
There are a lot of stable packages, but there are enough unstable ones
to be a pain. When things are masked, there is a reason.  For instance,
the reason that Blender is masked, is because it does messed up things
to the save files in the AMD64 version.

With any luck, by the time I build my next real machine, many of the
issues will be resolved.  :P  AMD64 is a popular architecture, so it
has a lot of people stomping bugs. ^_^




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             reply	other threads:[~2007-05-25 12:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-25 12:44 burlingk [this message]
2007-05-25 13:54 ` [gentoo-user] Semi OT: 64 bit processors, the Linux Kernel, and x86 Gentoo Peter Alfredsen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-05-25 14:12 burlingk
2007-05-25 19:54 ` Peter Alfredsen
2007-05-25  9:53 burlingk
2007-05-25 11:08 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-05-25 12:31   ` Denis
2007-05-25 13:06     ` Florian Philipp
2007-05-25  9:09 burlingk
2007-05-25  9:28 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-05-25  7:12 burlingk
2007-05-25  8:07 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

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