Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-17 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 09:07:10AM +0200, Elmar Stellnberger wrote: > That is not correct. You can make use of SSE instructions also in > x86_32/i386 mode. > > I found f.i.: > https://gcc.gcc.gnu.narkive.com/k0KqaZF2/i386-sse-test-question Well x86_64 uses it all the time, not just optionally,

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:18:17AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: ... ... > > And i you're runnin Lisp programs, you'll definitely want a 32-bit > architecture, because Lisp fills memory with addresses. But you can do that > with add-architecture i286. Typo: Of course I meant i386. > > --

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:12:23AM +0200, Elmar Stellnberger wrote: > On 14.04.22 15:45, Levis Yarema wrote: > > Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the > > choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term > > support? > > > > Depends on the

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-15 Thread Elmar Stellnberger
On 14.04.22 15:45, Levis Yarema wrote: Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term support? Depends on the application. Encryption and decryption requiring the simulation of very larger

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-15 Thread Elmar Stellnberger
On 15.04.22 04:50, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Levis Yarema wrote: Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term support? Twice the registers and sse

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-14 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Levis Yarema wrote: > Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the > choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term > support? Twice the registers and sse instructions for fpu rather than x87? -- Len

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-14 Thread Levis Yarema
Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term support? Am Do., 14. Apr. 2022 um 10:38 Uhr schrieb Paul Wise : > On Tue, 2022-04-12 at 05:59 +0200, Friedhelm Waitzmann wrote: > > > And if it is indeed

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-14 Thread Elmar Stellnberger
On 14.04.22 10:37, Paul Wise wrote: On Tue, 2022-04-12 at 05:59 +0200, Friedhelm Waitzmann wrote: And if it is indeed possible, how can I switch from i386 to amd64?  Can this be done with the apt tools?  Then during the migrating some packages will be from amd64 already while others will be

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-14 Thread Paul Wise
On Tue, 2022-04-12 at 05:59 +0200, Friedhelm Waitzmann wrote: > And if it is indeed possible, how can I switch from i386 to > amd64?  Can this be done with the apt tools?  Then during the > migrating some packages will be from amd64 already while others > will be still i386.  How does that go

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-13 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 1:22 PM Marianne Bayoy wrote: > > Unsubscribe https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/unsubscribe

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-13 Thread Marianne Bayoy
Unsubscribe Le mar. 12 avr. 2022, 12 h 27 a.m., Friedhelm Waitzmann < fach220408.fw...@xoxy.net> a écrit : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Dear Moritz! > > Moritz Mühlenhoff: > >Friedhelm Waitzmann wrote: > >>> For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-13 Thread Paul Daniel
unsubscribe On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 12:27 AM Friedhelm Waitzmann < fach220408.fw...@xoxy.net> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Dear Moritz! > > Moritz Mühlenhoff: > >Friedhelm Waitzmann wrote: > >>> For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have > >>>