On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 06:29:08PM +0100, Simon Richter wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 03:21:44PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> > I think it would be very helpful if somebody could summarize why a > > multiarch system is useful, except for the obvious case of installing > > proprietary i386 software on amd64 systems. > Most applications don't really need the extended address space, and run a > bit faster and need less memory in 32 bit mode (it's less pronounced on > i386 as the 32 bit ISA has less registers). If by "less pronounced" you mean "not true at all". Otherwise, show benchmarks. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
