[haiku] Re: New alpha?

  • From: Brian Hague <alphaseinor@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:35:58 -0600

Flashback to the NX bit circa 1997???

Brian Hague



On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Jeffrey Lynn Parke Jr.
<jeffrey.parke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> really there is no need for 64 bit when you build pae into the kernel.
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> 2011/2/18 Jonas Sundström <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Jaroslav Šmíd Jaroslav Šmíd <dataman64bit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I feel very sad that you continue to make x86-32 version
>> > in times when every desktop CPU out there is x86-64.
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>> We'll get there eventually. In the meantime the x86-64 CPUs
>> are capable of running 32-bit Haiku.
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>> Haiku might get better performance in 64-bit mode, but if there's
>> anything holding Haiku back, hardware/performance-related, it's the
>> lack of drivers unlocking the full potential of modern graphics cards.
>>
>> Even without it I'm pretty happy with Haiku's performance. :)
>>
>> /Jonas.
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