64 bit kernel in 32 bit system

[Bill Davidsen]

Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> I really like this idea, since it provides most of the benefit of 64 bit
>> operation without needing to have both the 32 and 64 bit libraries
> 
> The real solution for that is to just install the 64-bit libraries only (as
> is already the default for 64-bit Fedora - you only get legacy 32-bit
> libraries if you explicitly install 32-bit stuff). 32-bit userspace on a
> 64-bit kernel is just an obsolete workaround.
> 
Some people are paid to develop system software, some of us have to work for a 
living.[1] Hybrid systems are a PITA, if there's a need to work with 32 bit it's 
vastly easier to run a 32 bit system than to try to avoid behavioral differences 
between 32 and 64 bit software even when built from the same source.

[1] I spent several decades developing system software at a Fortune-10 Corporate 
Research Center, it's a better gig than being a test pilot in a bubble factory. 
At least unless management suffers an epidemic of cranialanalism about working 
conditions.

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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