On 1 Feb 2011, at 5:31am, Brandon S Allbery KF8NH wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2/1/11 00:26 , Derrick Brashear wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Chris Jones <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I need to run the 64bit kernel, as have updated my MacBook Pro to 8GB ram, >>> and I need to run the 64 bit kernel to properly support this. AFS is so slow > > Coming in a bit late: is the 64-bit kernel really necessary? I've been > running an iMac with 16GB using the 32-bit kernel; no doubt there's some > memory wastage due to 1MB pages but not really noticeable in practice.
Interesting side question. I was lead to believe my late 2008 MBPro (which according Apple doesn't support more than 4GB) needs the 64 bit kernel to run with more. I haven't tried though. That said, I don't think if it is or is not necessary is really that relevant. Running the 64 bit kernel has other performance benefits, so is desirable. Also I believe the latest Mac Pros now use the 64 bit kernel by default... The 64 bit kernel is the way of the future, so I think it best OpenAFS works out any niggles it has with it as soon as it can ... Just my opinion ... cheers Chris_______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
