[RFE] x86_64 kernel running in i386 distribution

[Wenming Zhang]

Amit Shah wrote:
> On (Sat) Oct 03 2009 [23:47:41], Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
>   
>> On 09/13/2009 03:58 PM, Amit Shah wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On (Sun) Sep 13 2009 [15:47:09], Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
>>>       
>>>> hi,
>>>>
>>>> would it be possible to adapt the i386 distribucion
>>>> to run also the x86_64 kernel ?
>>>>         
>>> You can just 'yum install kernel.x86_64' and that'll work.
>>>       
>> I did it in Fedora-11_i386 and there is no x86_64 kernel package.
>>     
>
> Maybe you need to add the x86_64 repos to your yum config.
>
> 		Amit
>   
add x86_64 repos to yum doesn't work, because x86_64 packages couldn't 
be displayed by yum on i386 arch.
IIRC,  I did it  before  by using  a x86_64  environment  to  install it 
to  a  i386  root,  I meant  use  rpm command  with  '-r'   argument.

I think this is definitely  reasonable for people who want use i386 
distro for compatible reason and also want use large address space.

Thanks,
Wenming