From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 15:56:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB6F1065670 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:56:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5F408FC17 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:56:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id mBQFuADo011516; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:56:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id mBQFuA6K011513; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:56:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:56:10 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Michel Talon In-Reply-To: <20081226144759.GA3715@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Message-ID: <20081226165549.U11511@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081226144759.GA3715@lpthe.jussieu.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 2850 use 32 or 64 bit? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:56:19 -0000 > server i don't see a reason to run in 32 bits mode. Contrary to > some frequent assertions the increase in size of binaries is > extremely limited as can easily be checked. This is very largely program code size is a very little part of system memory today.