On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 10:00:13PM -0400, Hubert Figuière wrote: > On 21/10/13 07:27 PM, Mike Hommey wrote: > > AFAIK, running 10.7+ in 32-bit mode is something you have to do manually > > at boot time. I guess nobody does that except for testing purpose. Also, > > afaik 10.7+ doesn't support 32-bit-only mac hardware. > > You are confusing the kernel vs the userland. If the CPU is 64-bits > capable you can run apps in 64-bits when they have been compiled for it. > > Proof: on 10.6 on a Core 2 Duo, apps can run in 64-bits if it is > provided (I have Aperture and Lightroom to prove it) but the kernel > still runing in 32-bits.
This is interesting. I just checked and all apps on my wife's 10.6 mac are indeed running in 64-bits mode, including Firefox. That must have changed in some 10.6.x because i'm sure this wasn't the case last time I checked, which was a long time ago. Mike _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
