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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org>
Cc: 64738 <schwung@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel bits
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 01:15:03 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001123011502.C96@toy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <974881546.3a1b830ae5202@rumms.uni-mannheim.de> <20001122112952.Y28963@mea-ext.zmailer.org> <974886395.3a1b95fb43c63@rumms.uni-mannheim.de> <20001122120916.Z28963@mea-ext.zmailer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001122120916.Z28963@mea-ext.zmailer.org>; from matti.aarnio@zmailer.org on Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 12:09:16PM +0200


Hi!

> > Can't I run a i386 kernel on a ia64 machine? I know something like this
> > from HP-UX. You can choose between a 32 and a 64 bit kernel when
> > installing, so knowing that you have a 64 bit capable machine does not
> > say that you have a 64 bit kernel.
> > And I want to have the kernel bits, not the processor bits.
> 
> 	Solaris runs 32-bit kernels on 64-bit UltraSPARCs
> 	(up to Solaris version 2.6)
> 
> 	So yes, something like that MAY be possible in case
> 	of ia64, but somehow I doubt...

It definitely will be possible to run i386 linux on x86-64.

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  reply	other threads:[~2000-11-23 23:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-22  8:25 Kernel bits 64738
2000-11-22  9:29 ` Matti Aarnio
2000-11-22  9:46   ` 64738
2000-11-22 10:09     ` Matti Aarnio
2000-11-23  1:15       ` Pavel Machek [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-11-22  8:25 64738
2000-11-27 13:36 ` Chad Schwartz
2000-11-27 13:31   ` Keith Owens
2000-11-27 14:22     ` Chad Schwartz
2000-11-27 13:53   ` Richard B. Johnson

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