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Subject: Re: [9front] [NOOB ALERT] Use amd64 kernel?
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On Sat, Feb 05, 2022 at 10:11:47PM +0100, Alexander Shendi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks, but I know I can use the 9pc64 kernel. My reasoning was along these lines:
> 386: 32bit ints + pointers
> amd64: 64bit ints + pointers, potentially a waste for 2G RAM, but more CPU registers in amd64 long mode?
> 

In your normal 9front usage, are you dangerously close to OOM
conditions?  Is your software so meticulously optimized as to care how
many CPU registers are available?  Flip a coin.

khm