Re: 64 bit kernel

Jeff Noxon (jeff@planetfall.com)
Tue, 5 Oct 1999 16:20:10 -0500


On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 06:19:49AM -0700, darragh.sherwin@minds.cs.may.ie wrote:
> Has a kernel been tested on intel's next generation 64-bit processor's??
> And is the kernel going 64-bit??

These are FAQs

Linux boots on IA-64 (both simulation and real silicon) and will be
available when IA-64 is released.

And the kernel has been 64-bit capabile for years, first on Alpha,
later on 64-bit Sparc. Maybe others, too -- MIPS?

Regards

Jeff

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