On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 07:53:44AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > sounds like a sane thing to do then is to run a amd64 kernel and build your > apps in 32 bit mode. They get the advantage of 32 over 64, but you get the > advantage of having lots more of them running in your 64 bit kernel ?
Well I run a 64bit machine with a 64bit kernel with 32bit user space, and a 64bit chroot. The choice of that setup was because the target of the development runs 32bit x86 code only and 64bit is just to play with. I also haven't seen any 32bit program that is actually faster than 64bit that I have tried lately, so perhaps it is actually 32bit programs that are the exception for good performance rather than the rule. Keep a 32bit chroot for those few programs where 32bit still somehow has better performance, but use 64bit for most things since it seems to be generally the fastest. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
