Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-14 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Levis Yarema wrote: > Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the > choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term > support? Twice the registers and sse instructions for fpu rather than x87? -- Len Sore

Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

2022-04-17 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 09:07:10AM +0200, Elmar Stellnberger wrote: > That is not correct. You can make use of SSE instructions also in > x86_32/i386 mode. > > I found f.i.: > https://gcc.gcc.gnu.narkive.com/k0KqaZF2/i386-sse-test-question Well x86_64 uses it all the time, not just optionally,

Re: Bug#1040901: Upcoming changes to Debian Linux kernel packages

2023-09-25 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 02:03:35AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > The current way does not work. See all the bug reports about > uninstallable packages and what not with dkms. > > To build modules against version x, you'll need to install version x of > the headers, not x-1 or x+1. This currently