[wellylug] 64bit Linux

Centurion Computer Technology Ltd daniel at centurion.net.nz
Sat Oct 16 12:41:24 NZDT 2004


On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 01:41, Ian Sterling wrote:
> Now, now, children...
> 
> I do recall something about ensuring that the apps will run on a
> 64-bit processor if you try to run the OS in 64-bit mode.  If they're
> built strictly for 32-bit then they could have a problem.  IIRC, this
> is the case on sparc.

>From my limited reading, the 32 bit apps require 32bit versions of the
libraries,  other than that they will quite happily run un the 64bit
processor in 64bit mode.


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