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Subject: "large binaries" on Sparc64
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Hi list,

1. Is it right, that all binaries on Sparc64 are completely 64Bit? Other
OSes like Solaris and Linux only use a 64Bit kernel and 32Bit user space
tools.

2. Why FreeBSD do it an other way?

3. Does the performance suffer from these "large binaries"?

Best Regards,
Sebastian