Re: Which processor mode?

[Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 04:51:08PM -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> 
> So will it run 32bit apps, or does every thing need to be comiled in 
> 64bit mode? One of the big featurte is you can have a 64bit OS and 64bit 
> apps, but still run a 32bit app without recompiling.

One has to install the 32-bit shared libraries in order to use 32-bit
applications.  The 32-bit shared libraries don't ship with this
Technology Preview.  Future products for the AMD64 platform will
include the runtime libraries by default.

If people are interested in trying some 32-bit applications on the
platform, we'll need to provide some matching 32-bit RPMs for you to
use.

Cheers,

Matt
msw@xxxxxxxxxx
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Matt Wilson
Manager, Base Operating Systems
Red Hat, Inc.