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Re: i686 kernel on AMD Opterons

From: Ken Snider <ken snider datawire net>
To: "Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Taroon)" <taroon-list redhat com>
Subject: Re: i686 kernel on AMD Opterons
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:54:03 -0400

Preston, Gabriel wrote:

I thought you were able to run a 32 bit OS on top of the 64 bit processors
with no problems, its just that it wouldn't take advantage of the 64 bit
processor's abilities?  Someone who knows better might have something more
educated to say though.

32 bit *OS*, works fine.

64 bit OS with 32 bit *kernel* is a no-no, unless you have the 32-bit core libraries (glibc, etc) installed, as well as any 32 bit executables you want to run.

--
Ken Snider

References:
- RE: i686 kernel on AMD Opterons
  - From: Preston, Gabriel

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