Re: [Qemu-devel] precompiled qemu-system-x86_64 is 32 bit instead of 64bit

[Andrew Warkentin <andreww@datanet.ab.ca>]

Sergey Bychkov wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf Baerwaldt" <info@BBCONS.de>
> To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
> Sent: 19.02.2008 18:09
> Subject: [Qemu-devel] precompiled qemu-system-x86_64 is 32 bit instead 
> of 64bit
>
>
>> I downloaded http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-0.9.1-i386.tar.gz
>> and I'm using an AMD Opteron.
>>
>> Is this version the correct one for my system ?
>
>
> If You want qemu for your amd64 linux system, You should compile it 
> yourself or install from Your linux distribution repository.
> This site (http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/download.html) doesn't 
> contain precompiled linux binaries except for i386 platform.
> However You could execute i386 binaries on amd64 linux platform. :)
>
> Sergey Bychkow
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Why does it matter if it is 64-bit or not? Most programs at the moment 
don't benefit from being compiled 64-bit. I don't get the obsession with 
64-bitness that most Linux and BSD people seem to have. I think 
workstation Unices like Solaris and IRIX get things right (only stuff 
that benefits from being 64-bit is 64-bit, the rest is 32-bit, so there 
is no need for separate 32- and 64-bit versions of the system, and fewer 
compatibility issues).