---- Andrew Warkentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sergey Bychkov wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf Baerwaldt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org> > > Sent: 19.02.2008 18:09 > > Subject: [Qemu-devel] precompiled qemu-system-x86_64 is 32 bit instead > > of 64bit > > > > > >> I downloaded http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-0.9.1-i386.tar.gz > >> and I'm using an AMD Opteron. > >> > >> Is this version the correct one for my system ? > > > > > > If You want qemu for your amd64 linux system, You should compile it > > yourself or install from Your linux distribution repository. > > This site (http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html) doesn't > > contain precompiled linux binaries except for i386 platform. > > However You could execute i386 binaries on amd64 linux platform. :) > > > > Sergey Bychkow > > ICQ: 21014758 > > FTN: 2:450/118.55 > > > > > > > Why does it matter if it is 64-bit or not? Most programs at the moment > don't benefit from being compiled 64-bit. I don't get the obsession with > 64-bitness that most Linux and BSD people seem to have. I think > workstation Unices like Solaris and IRIX get things right (only stuff > that benefits from being 64-bit is 64-bit, the rest is 32-bit, so there > is no need for separate 32- and 64-bit versions of the system, and fewer > compatibility issues).
Solaris is moving more towards 64-bit for 64-bit systems. The X11 tree (and other subsystems as well) are getting 64-bit versions of binaries and libraries.