[haiku-development] Re: 64 bit

  • From: Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:05:08 +0200

Am 09/09/2014 16:42, schrieb Mark A Hayes:
The 32-bit version boots. Just curious why the focus isn't on the 64-bit 
version?

For R1 we're trying to focus on a BeOS binary compatible Haiku version. And that currently means 32-bit in order to not spread our resources too much.

While we're definitely fond of the 64-bit variant, it's relatively young compared to the rest, and does not get the same amount of testing.

Having said that, the 32-bit release has PAE support enabled, so it's not as your additional memory remains unused. There are only few applications for Haiku where the larger address space really makes a difference.

Bye,
   Axel.


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