Re: Confused about 64-bit architectures.
On Friday 17 February 2006 14:42, Adam Funk wrote:
> On 2006-02-17, Graham Smith <graham@crazysquirrel.com> wrote:
> > Having said that there is not really any advantage to running the 64 bit
> > port as there isn't any software that makes use of the extra features and
> > the Althon 64 in 32 bit mode is just as fast.
>
> Does that mean I can just install Debian i386 on an Athlon 64?
>
Yes. The Althon 64 fully supports i386 through some fancy on chip emulation
that is as fast as a native 32 bit chip (I think all the 64 bit processors
you mention do this but don't quite me on that).
> In that case, which kernel flavour would I use?
>
You have a wide range of choices. You can go pure 32 bit and install the
standard i386 Debian, you can go mixed and have a 64 bit kernel an 32 bit
user space or you can go pure 64 bit. I've never tried a mixed system but
apparently it works fine.
I'm running the 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8 kernel at the moment which is AMD64
specific. If you are confused just go for one of the generic kernels.
Graham
> Thanks,
> Adam
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