Re: Proprietary kernel module with Debian i386 system and AMD64 kernel
A 64-bit kernel does give you the option of running 32- or 64-bit executables,
true. But everything that's part of the kernel itself, including loadable
modules, must be the same as the rest of the kernel.
On Saturday 22 October 2005 03:18 am, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> Le samedi 22 octobre 2005 à 03:01 -0500, Alexander Charbonnet a écrit :
> > When you're running a 64-bit kernel, like kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8,
> > you must use a 64-bit kernel module.
>
> That's what I thought, but it was not perfectly clear to me and as the
> machine is pretty far from me, I wanted to avoid any problem.
> All this 64bits kernel mode and and 32bits user mode is quite confusing for
> me...
>
> > On Saturday 22 October 2005 02:50 am, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > > On one of my systems, I'm using Debian for i386, and I'm thinking about
> > > going to kernel package "kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8".
> > > The main reason I'm using Debian for i386 is that I need a proprietary
> > > kernel module.
> > > This kernel module is available for both x86 and AMD64, so I wonder
> > > which one I should use with the above-mentioned kernel.
> > >
> > > Thanks
On Saturday 22 October 2005 03:18 am, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> Le samedi 22 octobre 2005 à 03:01 -0500, Alexander Charbonnet a écrit :
> > When you're running a 64-bit kernel, like kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8,
> > you must use a 64-bit kernel module.
>
> That's what I thought, but it was not perfectly clear to me and as the
> machine is pretty far from me, I wanted to avoid any problem.
> All this 64bits kernel mode and and 32bits user mode is quite confusing for
> me...
>
> > On Saturday 22 October 2005 02:50 am, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > > On one of my systems, I'm using Debian for i386, and I'm thinking about
> > > going to kernel package "kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8".
> > > The main reason I'm using Debian for i386 is that I need a proprietary
> > > kernel module.
> > > This kernel module is available for both x86 and AMD64, so I wonder
> > > which one I should use with the above-mentioned kernel.
> > >
> > > Thanks
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