On 09/24/2012 10:56 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > 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.
That would be 32-bit Intel and 64 bit AMD architecture. The Intel 64 bit architecture is Itanium. > > 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
