Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:32:57 -0400 | Subject | Re: 2.6.32-rc3: low mem - only 378MB on x86_32 with 64GB. Why? | From | (Lennart Sorensen) |
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On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 01:01:35PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Tvrtko Ursulin wrote: > >> In fact, I wish more people did that, just so that we'd get better > >> coverage of the 32-bit compat code. We occasionally find issues there, > >> although I think it's getting rarer. > > > > Maybe convince some distro to offer this setup as an option at least? I > > always wondered why no one has, or maybe I missed it. > > Debian has a 64-bit kernel for its 32-bit "i386" architecture (and also for > its 64-bit "amd64" architecture obviously): > - for stable: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64 > - for unstable: http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-2.6.30-2-amd64
I have been running that Debian setup for 5 years now. It's great. Other than 32 bit iptables not liking the 64bit kernel, I can't currently recall any issues at any point. Well and configure scripts often have to be run with the 'linux32' wrapper to make them not try something stupid.
-- Len Sorensen
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