Roland Mainz wrote:
> Danek Duvall wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:21:50AM +0100, Roland Mainz wrote:
[snip]
> > > >    /usr/lib/libIlmImf.so.6.0.0          Uncommitted     openexr library
> > > >    /usr/lib/libHalf.so.6.0.0            Uncommitted     Ilmbase library
> > > >    /usr/lib/libIex.so.6.0.0             Uncommitted     Ilmbase library
> > > >    /usr/lib/libImath.so.6.0.0           Uncommitted     Ilmbase library
> > > >    /usr/lib/libIlmThread.so.6.0.0       Uncommitted     Ilmbase library
> > >
> > > Erm.. it would be nice to get 64bit libraries since some of the images
> > > will likely exceed the 2GB/4GB barrier ...
> >
> > Fair question, though I'll recast it as: are the libraries compiled
> > large-file aware (even in 32-bit mode)?
> 
> No, my question was about 64bit applications. 

... I forgot to clarify the issue: I'm talking about 64bit address
space. Keeping images in memory for editing or rendering may quickly
exceed 2GB/4GB and then requires a 64bit address space (unless you want
to write your own custom paging system to work around the limitation of
32bit processes... but this kind of stuff became more or less extinct
with the rise of CPUs with 64bit address space) ...

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Bye,
Roland

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