Re: x86 instability with 2.6.1{8,9}

From: Ken Moffat
Date: Mon Jan 01 2007 - 14:13:50 EST


On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 05:07:58PM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:48:55PM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> >
> > Obviously papering over a severe bug, but why is it necessary for you to run a
> > 32bit kernel to test 32bit userspace? If your 64bit kernel is stable, use the
> > IA32 emulation surely?
> >
> My 64-bit is pure64 on this machine, so it doesn't have any
> suitable libs or tools. Anyway, I really do need a 32-bit kernel
> to test some linuxfromscratch build instructions.
>
Sorry, I think last night is still interfering with my own logic
circuits. Yes, I could use 'linux32' to change the personality as a
work-around now that I've built the system. Mainly, I was hoping
somebody would notice something bad in the config, but I might use
the work-around in the meantime. Thanks for reminding me about it.

Ken
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