> That's assuming that the footprint of libraries relative to distinct > applications is large enough to cancel out the space savings. (I have no > data either way). A 64bit kernel doesn't need any 32bit userspace. An X > server, on my 32bit system has about 8.5MB of programme text (server and > libs) and loads about another 1.5MB worth of modules itself, i.e. 10MB.
Regarding shared libraries its worth noting the point about "Instruction pointer relative data access": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Architectural_features Cheers, Debarshi -- One reason that life is complex is that it has a real part and an imaginary part. -- Andrew Koenig -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
