Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Enabled building of x86_64 code on Mac OS X

[Anthony Liguori]

Alexander Graf wrote:
> Mac OS X 10.5 supports 64-bit userspace on an x86_64 kernel and
> by default uses 32-bit userspace applications, so the detection for
> the host architecture fails.
>
> This patch enabled building of x86_64 code on x86_64 capable CPUS
> with Mac OS X.
>   
Applied.  Thanks.

Out of curiousity, what are the benefits of using 64-bit apps in OS X?  
I guess greater memory addressability is important for QEMU.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori