On Monday 13 March 2006 20:28, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 13 March 2006 12:31, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about > > 'Re: [gentoo-user] Mobo/proc combination': > > Did you do AMD64 for gentoo or just x86? I just finished getting > > everything compiled and setup where I like it. I won't mind doing it > > again if running gentoo in 64-bit on an AMD64 would be a noticeable > > difference from running 32-bit on an AMD64. > > My recommendations are: > <1G RAM : 32-bit kernel and userland > <4G RAM : 64-bit kernel and 32-bit userland > else : 64-bit kernel and 64-bit (multilib) userland >
with amd64 on s939 you are buyiong ram in pairs, to use dual channel mode. So you'll have 1GB, 2GB, 4GB. And with 1GB you are loosing ~160mb when using 32bit. Plus, you can't use the additional registers of the cpu in 32bit mode - so why using it at all? -- [email protected] mailing list
