64-bit Kernel Question

[Per Bothner]

On 03/09/2009 05:22 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> It's not so much about *bigger* registers as *more* registers.

The ideal performance-wise for most us is probably to compile
using the new registers and instructions, but use 32-bit
pointers and alignment.

But that is yet another ABI/architecture to support ...
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