-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>> > > What are you using on your quad core? 32 bit linux and 32 bit userspace? >> > 32 bit of course, and that is logical, but irrelevant. The quad is my >> > workstation. I have 4-32 bit processors. They have large caches. I need >> > 'only 4G' shared memory. I run a dist on it, not HLFS. Most of my linux >> > apps are highly threaded. More execution units mean fewer context >> > switches. This is efficient use of hardware, and runs way faster than if >> > I was using apps compiled with any 64 bit toolchain. >> > >> > Marty B >> > >> > > sorry to beat on a dead horse but for the record i would like point > future questions on the subject to this thread: > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/17/7 > http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/12/17/115
That text only illustrates one poor slob's software issues. He opts to use ridiculous amounts of local memory and must sacrifice performance (and a lot of money) no matter how he does it. The dual/quad cores excel at 32 bit multithreading, not pretending to be 64 bit devices. Existing '64 bit technology' needs multiple cores to emulate a functional 64 bit CPU, and performance noticeably suffers. But yes, to that end it still works, if a person is so obsessed;) Marty B. - -- Putting Microsoft in a computer is like putting screen doors in a submarine. Hopeless. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHc+6uodd/GHZYnVQRAqltAJ9lLWszXmalag1yZJn8g9AUZ/JM4QCfYN8u QlHmgnDB/j1vIyGkK95uq+0= =9sMc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
