Re: [boost] building 32-bit boost on an AMD Opteron?

From: Bo Persson (bop_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-06 08:15:35

<chrisc_at_[hidden]> skrev i meddelandet 
news:Pine.LNX.4.62.0601051437040.14546_at_area52.cs.rpi.edu...
>
> Hi -- I am trying to build boost on a 64-bit AMD Opteron but make it 
> yield
> 32 bit code. The reason for this is I want smaller executables and 
> memory
> footprint (Side note: if you do pmap on even a small hello world 
> program
> on an 64 bit Opteron it requires 10 MB of virtual memory vs. 1.2 MB 
> if
> compiled in 32 bit mode -- Can you believe it?).

Have you considered just how much larger the virtual address space is 
on a 64 bit machine?  :-)

Bo Persson