[haiku] Re: [GSoC] x86_64 application rough draft
- From: Nathan Mentley <nathanmentley@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 20:58:14 -0400
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Alan Burkes <firstakir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just want to say that I personally am very much for his project idea.
> Even if it isn't something that can't make it in R1, having x86_64 support
> is something that I think is necessary for Haiku's long-term development in
> order for it to be a "modern" OS. After all, essentially all x86 cpus being
> built today by both AMD and Intel have 64-bit extentions, and even Microsoft
> has a consumer x86_64 operating system.
>
I couldn't agree more. I personally don't think this should be part of R1. I
mean R1 has pretty much always been considered a remake of R5. So x86_64
doesn't make sense, but of course I'm a bit biased here... I think
development should start now if we want anything stable for R2. I mean look
how awful the first x86_64 versions of windows were.
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