Ken Moffat wrote: > 3. Actually, you *don't* need to figure out all the 32 vs 64 bit > stuff - unless you want to.
Agree. > GCC works better with more > registers, which is one of the main reasons for using x86_64 - the > drawback is that pointers are 64-bit so take more space http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/prologue/architecture.html That was written several years ago. We can probably reword it to recommend either a 32-bit or 64-bit Intel architecture. With disk space plentiful today, the space issue is really not that meaningful. I have not run into a package that doesn't build on a 64-bit system in quite a long while. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
