AMD64 compile request

[AMDave]

So, with all these 64 bit CPUs flying around, can we see a AMD64 compile of the client
http://eon.cm.utexas.edu/download/x86_64/
and a linky added to the downloads page please?
http://eon.cm.utexas.edu/download.php

that would be marvelous.

[LAURENU2]

Members would also have to be running the 64 bit Ver of the OS aswell
Or am I wrong:bang:

[AMDave]

Members would also have to be running the 64 bit Ver of the OS aswell
Or am I wrong:bang:
Yes and more join the crowd each day.
But software will be catching up for a long time yet.
It is our job as users and contributors to make the demand for native 64 bit versions of applications visible. :Pokes:

Otherwise there is less reason for coders to upgrade clients or applications or drivers to make them native 64 bit if the 32 bit version still works on a 64 bit OS.

The key payoff is where a performance gain can be made.
Is there a gain to be found here?
Have the eOn team tested a 64-bit compiled client?
I don't know.
But I'd like to.:)

[fractal]

I just checked the source out of CVS and made it per instructions and it ran. I haven't benchmarked it to see if it is any faster though. The only trick was I had to install libg2c to get it to run.

Funny thing. When I run the release client, it downloads a version of libAlCli.so that is statically linked. When I run the client I compiled locally, it downloads a dynamically linked version of libAlCli.so that references the /lib64 versions of the runtime.