Michal Kubecek wrote:
On Friday 28 of August 2015 10:15:03 Per Jessen wrote:
Michal Kubecek wrote:
And that's the point: most of those still running i586 distributions do run them on 64-bit capable hardware - because they believe
(a) they don't need x86_64 unless they have >4GB of memory (b) it consumes less memory (c) it consumes less disk space
It's not about belief, I can easily prove (b) to you. I don't care about (a) and (c).
OK, I'm pretty sure does consume _less_ memory. However, I seriously doubt you can prove to me the difference is (except for artificially crafted examples) big enough to outweigh the drawbacks of i586.
Nothing artificial about it - in production, I can run many more postfix instances on 32bit than on 64bit. I have been doing this for more than ten years. In this environment, I haven't noticed any drawbacks of i586, but please do enlighten me. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (25.1°C) http://www.dns24.ch/ - your free DNS host, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org