Re: ia32 kernel on amd64 box?

From: Bill Nottingham (notting@redhat.com)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 17:56:12 EST


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
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