> -----Original Message----- > From: Denis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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. ^_^ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
