From: Andrew Warkentin <andreww@datanet.ab.ca>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] precompiled qemu-system-x86_64 is 32 bit instead of 64bit
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:17:55 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47BD33B3.2010102@datanet.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47BD32C8.2000705@datanet.ab.ca>
Andrew Warkentin wrote:
> 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).
>
Just to clarify: I'm referring to the QEMU binary itself, not the
architecture it emulates.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-21 8:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-19 16:09 [Qemu-devel] precompiled qemu-system-x86_64 is 32 bit instead of 64 bit Ralf Baerwaldt
2008-02-19 20:53 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-02-20 16:23 ` [Qemu-devel] precompiled qemu-system-x86_64 is 32 bit instead of 64bit Sergey Bychkov
2008-02-21 8:14 ` Andrew Warkentin
2008-02-21 8:17 ` Andrew Warkentin [this message]
2008-02-21 12:09 ` [Qemu-devel] precompiled qemu-system-x86_64 is 32 bit insteadof 64bit Sergey Bychkov
2008-02-21 8:43 ` [Qemu-devel] precompiled qemu-system-x86_64 is 32 bit instead of 64bit Laurent Desnogues
2008-02-21 9:07 ` Andrew Warkentin
2008-02-21 17:03 ` Ben Taylor
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