[OT] AMD64 Implications
Marcus Meissner
marcus at jet.franken.de
Fri Sep 17 17:59:57 CDT 2004
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 07:50:15PM +0100, Ann and Jason Edmeades wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Slightly off topic, but I am looking at purchasing a new PC and intend to
> continue doing wine development on it (especially d3d9). Is there any wine
> implications to buying an AMD64 compared to a 'normal' 32 bit chip. Will I
> be able to continue my wine development, obviously for running emulation of
> 32 bit windows apps (games)? Would I need to ensure I use 32 bit kernels, or
> can I make use of any 64 bit ones (dont know if these exist even!).
>
> Sorry if this is an obvious question, but I didnt want to go so far and
> find I have caused myself problems
You will need to compile WINE as 32bit program. (I tried to automagic that,
but it is a bit hard.)
It will work just fine under 64bit kernels, the 32bit emulation is excellent.
Ciao, Marcus
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