From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SrJsg-0001I4-HD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:20:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F40CBE0774; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f181.google.com (mail-lb0-f181.google.com [209.85.217.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 292B9E0329 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 02:19:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbbgk8 with SMTP id gk8so1570631lbb.40 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:19:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=hSRF2IldyFuzCI8fpid+KVepJymedN1GWtwym2jA0dc=; b=jyTaKqONPk6rOuLf1BsM4eYZegYIrm1hbesbDcXLy1IMA6RUp2QdPi741yYp7huV6l VYvKFhHBtk4QlXsnT44+jhQvsPA9tgsNDRbn0FvzuXKwVlGrXZ7PGgtKnylZztvVM2tA mc66Lj7Qb26X8NrG5GBasIxm6JdOHY/rSsO66vBfhZ8rm2AxztQ7PiqSXww2ekroxj9F Hh1dvvZB0wDXXiOED94Gr9hgNnWI4SvekSWmQHIUHS7v8DsSSRFrdTbgmq1JXo7jdj9j ttovK55IkD3hJvD3O89U8U9uSsTQyiQfJX2dwivqZb6uo5SJns00arkIcnG9xAEMgYLp /DrA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.48.169 with SMTP id m9mr787329lbn.93.1342577954061; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:19:14 -0700 (PDT) Sender: me@nileshgr.com Received: by 10.114.12.134 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:19:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.12.134 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:19:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <3200326.C1v6ghYEo5@localhost> Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:49:13 +0530 X-Google-Sender-Auth: f5wVhkyKyTh5tjN6k0_EN1oWTUo Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 32bit or 64bit From: Nilesh Govindrajan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec554d84808fda904c5114a3b X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkMsc6NxnqKJ9EJBgChy+nMGyRbykRRfHPXr3ALQX3Fu8LQDDshEGgiL+u7GpQpJb8z8PhR X-Archives-Salt: be385101-b903-412e-a1be-5430aec3527a X-Archives-Hash: 03939d8947eec1d021ef6377d49ff666 --bcaec554d84808fda904c5114a3b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > On Jul 18, 2012 2:52 AM, "Paul Hartman" wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > On 17/07/12 19:43, Alecks Gates wrote: > > >> > > >> On Jul 17, 2012 11:32 AM, "Volker Armin Hemmann" > > >> > wrote: > > >> *snip* > > >> > The only use case that might come up is wine - I don't know anything > > >> about > > >> > that beast. Haven't had any use for it in years. > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > #163933 > > >> > > > >> I use wine daily on 64 bit with no problems. > > > > > > > > > 64-bit Wine cannot run 32-bit Windows applications. You need a 32-bit Wine > > > for that. And since in 99.9% of Windows software is 32-bit... well, you get > > > the point :-) > > > > Wine supports a WoW64 setup, where you build both 32-bit and 64-bit > > wine, and 32- and 64-bit binaries are interoperable. I just took a > > brief look at the gentoo ebuild and it appears to enable this if you > > have both win32 and win64 USE flags set. I haven't tried it myself, so > > I can't say if or how it really works. :) > > Good discussion, guys. I'll continue with 64bit :) --bcaec554d84808fda904c5114a3b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> On Jul 18, 2012 2:52 AM, "Paul Hartman" <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>= wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 17/07/12 19:43, Alecks Gates wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Jul 17, 2012 11:32 AM, "Volker Armin Hemmann&quo= t;
> > >> <volker= armin@googlemail.com <mailto:volkerarmin@googlemail.com>> wrote:
> > >> *snip*
> > >> =C2=A0> The only use case that might come up is wine = - I don't know anything
> > >> about
> > >> =C2=A0> that beast. Haven't had any use for it in= years.
> > >> =C2=A0>
> > >> =C2=A0> --
> > >> =C2=A0> #163933
> > >> =C2=A0>
> > >> I use wine daily on 64 bit with no problems.
> > >
> > >
> > > 64-bit Wine cannot run 32-bit Windows applications. =C2=A0Yo= u need a 32-bit Wine
> > > for that. =C2=A0And since in 99.9% of Windows software is 32= -bit... well, you get
> > > the point :-)
> >
> > Wine supports a WoW64 setup, where you build both 32-bit and 64-b= it
> > wine, and 32- and 64-bit binaries are interoperable. I just took = a
> > brief look at the gentoo ebuild and it appears to enable this if = you
> > have both win32 and win64 USE flags set. I haven't tried it m= yself, so
> > I can't say if or how it really works. :)
> >
Good discussion, guys. I'll continue with 64bit :)

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