[mythtv-users] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #11539: New capture card Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q FE_GET_INFO No Such Device

[Brian Long]

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca> wrote:
> On 13-05-14 07:07 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>
>> Your hardware supports 64-bit operation.  Why are you still using a
>> 32-bit kernel?
>
> I would instead ask, why not?  As long as his memory requirements are
> modest and fit within the 32-bit address space, what does using a 64-bit
> kernel buy him other than more memory usage and if not still at least
> until recently, non-compatibility with non-FOSS software that isn't
> supporting 64-bit yet.  Granted the latter is shrinking, perhaps to zero
> by now, but still... the question remains, what's wrong with 32-bit if
> memory requirements fit within the 32-bit address space?
>
> I run a 32-bit kernel on everything that doesn't need the bigger address
> space.  Even on my main workstation, I run a PAE kernel to get access to
> a bigger address, even if clumsily while still maintaining the 32-bit
> userspace?
>
> Why do I continue to use 32-bit kernels?  Mainly because I don't
> willingly inflict the weeks of niggling pain of trying to get a freshly
> installed working environment back to what my pre-fresh-install
> environment was.  Instead, I always upgrade from one release to the
> next.  I have always done so for nearly 2 decades (barring of course
> moving from one distro to another).  When I switch from Ubuntu to Fedora
> I suppose I will do a 64-bit install, or when Ubuntu fully and properly
> supports cross-grades, I might consider it.  But until then, 32-bit is
> satisfying all of my needs and not causing me pain.
>
> Ultimately, 32-bit is tried and true with a very long history of testing
> and support.  64-bit doesn't have that history.

+1.  I run 32-bit distros on my ION frontends since they only have 2GB RAM.

>> Even worse, why are you explicitly running an i586
>> kernel when every worthwhile x86 CPU since the Pentium Pro nearly 18
>> years ago has supported the i686 instruction set?
>
> But yes, agree on that.  Should be using a kernel built to take the
> greatest advantage of the instruction set available on his processor.

Also true.

/Brian/