[haiku] Re: New alpha?

  • From: Jaroslav Šmíd <dataman64bit@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:56:04 +0100

At least explain it properly and don't only say it is not needed because of memory. Also say you don't need those registers which PAE cannot give you, also say you don't need files > 4GB to be mapped into memory, etc. I'm x86-64 psycho and cannot stand using x86-32 software, getting outa here.


On 02/19/2011 01:37 PM, François Revol wrote:

Le 19 févr. 2011 à 09:24, Stephan Assmus a écrit :

Am 19.02.2011 06:27, schrieb Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.:
really there is no need for 64 bit when you build pae into the kernel.

... which by the way has already been done for Haiku (by Ingo Weinhold).

Maybe we should update the FAQ to explain this:
http://www.haiku-os.org/about/faq#7b

François.

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