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Re: 64 bits Kernel and 32 bits process

Subject: Re: 64 bits Kernel and 32 bits process
From: Quinn <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 06:54:07 +0000

At 13:50 -0500 17/1/05, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

</rant on>

[...]

This performance cost is the main reason that I'm so disappointed that
the kernel will remain 32-bits.

[...]

</rant off>


<justification>

This is true. But the alternative would be to break existing I/O Kit drivers, which isn't something that would go down well. Mixing 32 bit and 64 bit drivers in the same kernel would be... challenging.

</justification>

S+E
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Quinn "The Eskimo!"                    <http://www.apple.com/developer/>
Apple Developer Technical Support * Networking, Communications, Hardware
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