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To: Joe NYC who wrote (75051)3/20/2002 11:10:58 AM
From: combjellyRespond to of 275872
 
"Don't you think there will be a capability to run 32 bit software (especially drivers) under Linux 64?"

Well, drivers run in kernel space. I dunno how Linux would respond if it switches in and out of 64 bit mode all the time...



To: Joe NYC who wrote (75051)3/20/2002 1:25:49 PM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
> Only a small subset of drivers will benefit from 64 bit
> code - IDE driver, video, network - and even in those,
> performance benefit will not be significant.

Have you forgotten that 64-bit code is not the only difference that x86-64 adds? What about the extra registers, for example?

-JC


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