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

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

On Mon, 5 May 2003, Matt Wilson wrote:

>> 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.
>
>Barring any normal support issues due to chipsets used on motherboards
>or other non-processor new hardware, of course.

Absolutely... in particular AGP/PCI related issues that affect X.  

;o)


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