[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Paths for x86_64

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Thursday 30 December 2004 23:15, Christof Buergi wrote:
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> >> c) a pure 64bit system for x86_64 is not necessarily the best
> >> solution, as the Opteron/Athlon64 is not a pure 64bit CPU, and the
> >> Xeon with x86_64 support is no 64bit CPU at all.
> >
> > huh? this is an idiotic windoze-like way of thinking.
>
> Let me put this another way: Many do look at the Opteron not as a 64bit
> CPU, but as a 32bit CPU with a 64bit extension. In fact, many

huh what!? everyone knows that the Opteron is a 16bit cpu with 32 and 64bit 
extensions


> applications don't run faster in 64bit mode and don't use more than 4GB
> of RAM, so why bother adapting them to 64bit? The Opteron's ability to

x86_64 is more then just a 64bit extension, it also gives u 16 instead of the 
8 registers u have with x86, ...

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-- 
Michael

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