On Feb 19, 2008 2:42 PM, Brian Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 12:00 -0500, Pedro Espinoza wrote: > > > > > > I don't get to do much programming any more, but no I don't think so. > > > You have the choice of compiling your programs 32-bit or 64-bit > > > that's all. > > > > > > I really can't say if this slow-down is due to the P4 netburst > > > running in 64bits, or something else. > > > > We got many scripts that make use of sort, which, I suppose, calls > > qsort(). Same with perl stuff. I can't enforce sort, perl stuff to use > > 32bit. > > > > I just checked opensuse10.2 on 64bit xeon box. They shipped with 32bit > > glibc. > > Pedro, > It sounds like you have a tough decision to make. Some of the options: > > 1) Run 32-bit RHEL 5 > 2) Install a 32-bit toolset on your 64-bit RHEL 5 (i.e. Perl, etc). > Note, I'm not saying install perl.i386 :) You would be wise to have a > 32-bit toolchain in NFS-mounted space for all your machines to share and > enforce your developers to use those tools and not the local ones. >
Touch choice, indeed. RHEL 4 with 64bit glibc on opteron works fine. But on xeon, it is causing problems. Same with P4, as Tony showed. _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
