Re: AMD/Intel compatibility again

OK. Let's see if I understand correctly.

if I install the same 32-bit Linux OS on an AMD X2 3800+ 64 bits
machine
and a Pentium M 750 machine, then my C programs compiled with gcc
in one of the machines will work in the other one as well. Correct?
(I absolutely want to avoid recompiling every program, and just keep
the disks in sync).

Also, what happens if I install a 64-bit Linux version on one machine
and a 32-bit on the other?


J. Clarke wrote:
> greg wrote:
>
> > I want to keep my laptop and desktop absolutely identical (same distro,
> > same files updated with rsync, same programs installed, same
> > executables
> > in my directories without need to recompile, etc). The laptop
> > is Intel based (32 bits). If I buy a 64 bits AMD desktop, will I run
> > into
> > compatibility issues?
>
> Not "compatibility" per se but you're going to have to compile in kernel
> support for all the chips etc that both machines need to boot. You'll
> almost certainly have a different video chip and probably different disk
> controllers. May be other differences in the chipset as well.
>
> --
> --John
> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

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