From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:20:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:20:28 -0500 Received: from [194.213.32.137] ([194.213.32.137]:17156 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 18:19:45 -0500 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 01:15:03 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: Matti Aarnio Cc: 64738 , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Kernel bits Message-ID: <20001123011502.C96@toy> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20001122120916.Z28963@mea-ext.zmailer.org>; from matti.aarnio@zmailer.org on Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 12:09:16PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/