From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264546AbTDYWoG (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:44:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264547AbTDYWoG (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:44:06 -0400 Received: from nat-pool-rdu.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:46385 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264546AbTDYWoF (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:44:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 18:56:12 -0400 From: Bill Nottingham To: Jamie Lokier Cc: jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ia32 kernel on amd64 box? Message-ID: <20030425185612.A26644@devserv.devel.redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Jamie Lokier , jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030425214500.GA20221@ncsu.edu> <20030425174941.A21747@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20030425215654.GB2132@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030425215654.GB2132@mail.jlokier.co.uk>; from jamie@shareable.org on Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 10:56:54PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jamie Lokier (jamie@shareable.org) said: > > Red Hat 7.2 may or may not work, I'm not sure we've tried back that far. > > Why - is there anything at all missing from the AMD64's x86 > compatibility, prior to activating 64 bit mode? > > Or is it just that it should work, but you haven't tested it? Nothing's wrong from the x86 compat standpoint, it's more device support I'm unsure about (and that I haven't tested it.) Bill