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Re: Concerns about AMD64 port



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Cameron Patrick wrote:

| Michael Neuffer wrote:
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| | You would only be able to run 32bit apps in the multiarch port.
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| That sentence is misleading.
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| Any port would be able to run both 64-bit and 32-bit apps with an
| appropriate kernel.  A 64-bit only port would need to have a separate

Not also that this does not apply to games - because DRM/NVidia/etc have
a kernel part you can only run 64bit games under a 64bit kernel, no
matter what libraries you have installed (2d games aside...  frozen
bubble just needs a 64bit SDL).

It's possible that this can be fixed, but there's no sign of it in the
short term.

Tony


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