Re: running legacy apps compiled for 7.2 & 7.3 in x86-64

["Mike A. Harris" <mharris@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 5 May 2003, Gerald Henriksen wrote:

>>> GinGin64 is not an alpha nor a beta product, but rather it is a
>>> technology preview which essentially is an unsupported port of
>>> Red Hat Linux 9 to AMD64 along with a number of specific updates
>>> and fixes for AMD64.
>>
>>Any chances of a supported port of RHL-9 to the Opteron?

One further thing that should be pointed out, is that AMD64
technology is also completely x86 32bit compatible, and so Red
Hat Linux 32bit x86 products are compatible with the 32bit mode
of the AMD64 product family as well, as it is basically a
super-duper[1] Athlon when it comes to a 32bit OS.

[1] Forgive my lack of technical terminology here.  ;o)


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