AMD Athlon64 Systems

[Jakub Jelinek]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 11:32:06AM -0400, Chris Ricker wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> 
> > Does a 64bit mozilla even make sense right now?
> > I'd think just using the 32bit version would be fine. And no issues with 
> > plugins.
> 
> yep -- for most apps, going 64-bit is pointless
> 
> > What is the 32/64 bit split in Sparc linux distros? PowerPC distros?
> 
> Aurora is 64-bit kernel, 32-bit userspace on UltraSparc

SPARC/PPC are different though. On AMD64, 64-bit code is typically faster
than 32-bit (e.g. because it has more registers,
cheapo pic addressing, etc.), while on SPARC/PPC 32-bit code
is typically faster.

	Jakub