[svlug] Maximum memory (debian 3.1)

Greg Lindahl greg.lindahl at qlogic.com
Sun Mar 18 21:21:19 PDT 2007


On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 07:55:44PM -0700, David Ljung Madison wrote:

> How do I build a 64b kernel, and is it even worth it?

For the second, on x86 the 64-bit mode is 10-15% faster for most
programs, thanks to all the extra registers and the new argument
passing convention.

So yes, it's worth it.

-- greg




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