gabriel rosenkoetter on Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:58:25 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Buying a Sparc 

On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 05:24:56PM -0400, Time wrote:
> The kernel runs in 64 bit mode if I understand what I've read correctly,
> but the user runs programs in 32 bit mode to avoid unnecessary overhead.

Hrm. gcc knows how to compile the Linux kernel as an ELF 64-bit
MSB executable? You sure? gcc's *really* bad with 64-bit everything
even in 3.x...

(It's easy to tell: just use file(1) on your kernel.)

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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