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On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 12:36:48AM +0100, Mario Lang wrote:

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> Not really.  You usually solve this issue by either creating a 64-bit

> chroot in a 32-bit base system or a 32-bit chroot in a 64-bit base

> system.  These chroots can be very useful since some apps just don't

> work in 64-bit mode yet.  We are using this method at work to make

> 32-bit commercial apps run on our 64-bit x84_64 machines, and it

> works very well.  I wouldn't call it confusing.  Its actually very logical

> as soon as you start to grasp the chroot concept.

How do most of these audio applications behave in 64bit mode? If you

have applications that are running in a 32bit chroot can they

communicate with other applications in 64bit mode? Lets say you have

jackd and rosegarden running in 64bit mode. Can I connect to lets say

Fluidsynth or ZynaddSubFX in a 32bit chroot? 
I also wonder about price/performance ratio and ease of administration.

Ignoring the fact that it make take a little extra work to get

everything to run smoothly do you find that the performace is worth the

price of x86-64 compared to say athlon xp? Is there a big boost in

performance in most audio applications. I most frequently use csound,

rosegarden, Fluidsynth, Lilypond, and audacity.
Thanks,

Jeremiah