64 bit kernel in 32 bit system

Sharpe, Sam J sam.sharpe+lists.redhat at gmail.com
Mon Mar 30 19:49:13 UTC 2009


2009/3/29 Armin <amoradi at fedoraproject.org>:
> On Monday 30 March 2009 16:36:52 Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> I have read that there will be a feature to run a 64 bit kernel in a 32 bit
>> install of FC11. I'm curious about the number of things it would take to
>> build such a kernel for FC10 (other than building the kernel, obviously).
>>
>> Any input from whoever is does that part for fc11?
>>
> That doesn't make sense, 64bit kernel on a 32bit cpu shouldn't work!

I think clarification is needed.

When I first read it, I thought it meant a 64bit kernel, but 32bit
software on a 64bit CPU - which doesn't seem that difficult or
revelational to me.

-- 
Sam




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