Another whirl with FreeBSD

[Mike Bristow]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 01:13:27PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
>  > > [i386 vs. amd64]
>  > Overhead ?? Would this mean that the 64 bit version will run slower?
> 
> It depends.  Most applications will run somewhat faster,
> but there are cases where you might get a small slow-down.
[snip]

Doesn't the increased number of registers available when running amd64
really, really help when compared with the traditionally register-starved
i386?

I'm certainly of the opinion that plumping for amd64 over i386 is a sensible
default.

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