Re: Do/should we install x86_64 kernel on i386 now?

[John Summerfield <debian herakles homelinux org>]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 16:35 -0500, sean darcy wrote:
> > As I understand it F11 will install by default the x86_64 kernel on a 64 
> >   bit machine even if the  rest of the install in 386/586. So should we 
> > grab the 64 kernel from the 64 repo and install it now?  Is the 64 
> > kernel going to be in the 386 repo?
> >
> > sean
>
> This particular functionality is not ready yet.
Supplementary question
If I have an AMD-64 compatible CPU, what reasons exist for installing 
IA32 anything?



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