Kernel 2.6, SCSI, 64-bit

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Keith Antoine wrote:
>
> > First you do need a 64 bit OS but more
> > importanatly is there is a dearth of appliactions.
>
> I thought one of the big selling points for AMD's 64-bit products vs.
> Intel's is that it could run 32-bit and 64-bit code simultaneously and
> seamlessly. It was being hailed as making it far easier to transition to
> 64 because all your 32 stuff would still work. Did I dream all that?

No, you didn't.  But my understanding is that you need to be 32bit pure to
truly run in 32bit mode, or you're really running in 64bit.  So its either
run everything compiled for ia32, or don't bother.

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