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Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Stephen P. Becker wrote:
> 
> 
>>For what it's worth, I'm running 64-bit kernels on my O2 and Indy that 
>>were compiled with gcc 3.4.3, and I have had no problems.
> 
> 
>  Have you used CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64 or not?  The former obviously works for
> me; it's the latter that may cause troubles.
> 
>   Maciej

I have used CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64 for an O2 kernel that booted, but 
typically I just use the -mabi=o64 hack.

Steve