x86-64 box

William Park opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Fri Jun 10 02:40:28 UTC 2005


On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 02:40:23PM +0800, JM wrote:
> hi,
> 
> 	we will be buying a 64-bit box, i was wondering if i need to
> 	recompile my kernel for this?

Answer is "No".  Speaking from i386 vs. i686 experience, I barely
noticed the difference.  Screen updates were faster, but not by that
much.

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