[OT] AMD64 Implications

[Ann and Jason Edmeades]

Hello,

Slightly off topic, but I am looking at purchasing a new PC and intend to
continue doing wine development on it (especially d3d9). Is there any wine
implications to buying an AMD64 compared to a 'normal' 32 bit chip. Will I
be able to continue my wine development, obviously for running emulation of
32 bit windows apps (games)? Would I need to ensure I use 32 bit kernels, or
can I make use of any 64 bit ones (dont know if these exist even!).

Sorry if this is an obvious question,  but I didnt want to go so far and
find I have caused myself problems

Jason

[Marcus Meissner]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 07:50:15PM +0100, Ann and Jason Edmeades wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Slightly off topic, but I am looking at purchasing a new PC and intend to
> continue doing wine development on it (especially d3d9). Is there any wine
> implications to buying an AMD64 compared to a 'normal' 32 bit chip. Will I
> be able to continue my wine development, obviously for running emulation of
> 32 bit windows apps (games)? Would I need to ensure I use 32 bit kernels, or
> can I make use of any 64 bit ones (dont know if these exist even!).
>
> Sorry if this is an obvious question,  but I didnt want to go so far and
> find I have caused myself problems

You will need to compile WINE as 32bit program. (I tried to automagic that,
but it is a bit hard.)

It will work just fine under 64bit kernels, the 32bit emulation is excellent.

Ciao, Marcus