xor wrote: > On Friday 21 August 2009 22:31:03 Matthew Toseland wrote: >> How common is 64-bit Vista? Currently we install a 32-bit JVM, which works, >> but doesn't get auto-updated, and is somewhat slower than if we'd installed >> a 64-bit one (assuming we fix the FEC libraries and manage to build them >> for Windows). We can't install a 64-bit JVM, because the free version of >> the Java Service Wrapper (which we use for self-restarting the node when >> deploying updates, and for detecting hangs) only supports 32-bit. >> >> Options? > > Vista64 is very common already and Win7 x64 will be even more widespread. 64 > bit CPUs have been there for ages and we should support them. > > Regarding the 64bit JVM I have to state that we should keep shipping the > 32bit > one - it still seems to be intended by Sun that 32bit java is used on 64bit > windows: > > - The 64bit JVM does not install a Firefox plugin, or at least it does not > work (maybe because Firefox is still 32bit?) > > - The auto updater of the 64 bit JVM installs a 32 bit JVM so then you have > 2. > This is obviously a bug but it shows that Sun does not properly maintain the > 64bit windows JVM yet.
I'm a bit out of the loop on this issue. Did we figure out if we should keep installing 32-bit java on 64-bit Windows? If so, any idea of when it will change? - Zero3
