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    AMD64 compile request

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by LAURENU2
    Members would also have to be running the 64 bit Ver of the OS aswell
    Or am I wrong
    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.

    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.
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    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.

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