Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 64bit port | Date | Sat, 01 May 1999 09:14:29 +0100 | From | David Woodhouse <> |
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jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz said: > the 64bit kernel is able to run 64bit applications as well (first > distributions with 64bit apps should be coming soon though).
Does that mean the security problems with 64-bit code have been solved?
The last I heard was that there were UltraSPARC bugs which made it undesirable to allow users to run 64-bit code, and Sun weren't giving out enough information to make a workaround.
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