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Subject: [Qemu-devel] x86_64 vs. i386
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Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:58:46 -0000
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Hi,

The current Linux distributions for x86_64 can run both 64Bit and 32Bit=20
applications. But they have one major problem: 64Bit applications have to u=
se=20
64Bit libraries, and 32Bit applications have to use 32Bit libraries.

One huge problem for example is the non-existance of a 64Bit Flash-Player a=
t=20
the moment.

Those are the usual error message for 32 vs. 64 bit problems

/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin: error while loading shared libraries:=20
libasound.so.2: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-close.c: 342: _dl_close: Assertion=20
`tmap->l_ns =3D=3D ns' failed!

Now I am wondering, whether it would be possible to integrate the processor=
=20
emulator of qemu into the Linux kernel, so that applications can=20
transparently use different-bitsized libraries by qemulating them on demand?

Best regards,
Philipp G=FChring