Salut,
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 11:15:27AM +0000, mickey wrote:
> > I think that loading 48-bits in one step is faster than loading 36-bit
> > in two. It is also a matter of experience that amd64 memory access is
> > way faster than i386 with PAE.
>
> why do you think that tlb loader cannot load 64bits in one step
> in i386 mode either?
I'm talking long mode here.
> > For a good reason: nowadays, you just get an amd64 and don't have the
> > problem.
>
> lots of amd64 machines have much of their own stability problems.
> it is as well a different architecture that requires recompiling
> software that may or may not be 64bit clean.
> of course running your favourite irc client would not matter...
The software should be migrated, and it is happening. Why BitchX doesn't
work on amd64 is not my problem. Also, most "software" problems can be
resolved by compiling the software with something that is not gcc.
Tonnerre
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