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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/31 v2] PTI support for x86_32
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On Feb 11, 2018, at 9:40 AM, Mark D Rustad <mrustad@gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:59 AM, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> wrote:
>>
>>> Does Debian make it easy to upgrade to a 64-bit kernel if you have a
>>> 32-bit install?
>>
>> Quite easy, yeah. Crossgrading userspace is not for the faint of the heart,
>> but changing just the kernel is fine.
>
> ISTR that iscsi doesn't work when running a 64-bit kernel with a 32-bit userspace. I remember someone offered kernel patches to fix it, but I think they were rejected. I haven't messed with that stuff in many years, so perhaps the userspace side now has accommodation for it. It might be something to check on.
>

At the risk of suggesting heresy, should we consider removing x86_32 support at some point?
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