Re: reading ultralinux's faq

[Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>]

> I've read that linux for sparc64 has got a 32 bit userland.
> 
> Why? What's wrong with 64 bit?
Nothing is wrong with it par-say BUT in most cases it is unnecessary. 
Whne in 64-bit mode you use a lot more memory to run the same program -
thus the current strategy - 64bit where you actually need 64bit
arithmetic and larger address spaces; 32 everywhere else.

Or at least that's how I understand it.  Also if I am correct Debian
stable has recently got all of the tools to build / run 64bit binaries;
think the gcc flags are -m32 and -m64 respectively.  If you want a fully
64bit system then source debs might eb the way to go.

Cheers,
 - Martin

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Martin
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