On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:06:02 +0200 "Johan Hartzenberg" <jhartzen at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Robert Bauer <saf at xy1.org> wrote:
> Note that most of the binaries in the default path are 32-bit applications.
> Solaris does not impose any penalty for running 32-bit applications under a
> 64-bit kernel like some other operating systems, and 32-bit binaries are
> smaller and need to do less work when transferring data in and out of
> memory, so unless getting access to more than 4 GB of ram, or needing more
> tha 32-bits of integer math precision is required, running 64-bit binaries
> is a waste of bus-bandwidth.
You left off "or consist of code that can take advantage of having
twice as many general purpose registers" as one of the reasons for
wanting 64-bit binaries.
<mike
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