Re: 64bit kernel for i386, apt-get-multiarch - poor mans multiarch
hendrik@topoi.pooq.com writes:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:01:57AM +0100, Jo Shields wrote:
>> hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>>
>> >On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:02:35PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>Hi,
>> >>
>> >>I've been working on wrappers for apt and dpkg-deb to get some
>> >>resemblance of multiarch that can still make it for etch. The first
>> >>thing I made to work is installing amd64 kernels on i386 and anyone
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >Either you've made a mistake or I'm hopelessly confused. I can see
>> >installing an i386 kernel on AMD64, but what's the point of booting an
>> >1386 with an AMD64 kernel. It won't have the instruction set.
>> >
>> >-- hendrik
>> >
>>
>> You may want to run an i386 distribution on an AMD64 processor, for
>> assorted reasons - but choose to have the ability to run 64-bit code by
>> running a 64-bit kernel. i386 Sarge includes a selection of AMD64 kernels.
>
> Ah. So when you say installing amd64 kernel on i386, you don't mean
> running it on an i386 box, but running it on an AMD64 box that happens
> to have the i386 version of Debian running on it. That makes sense.
>
> -- hendrik
Yes. Anything else would be useless.
The problem is that etch/sid no longer has a 64bit kernel for
debian-i386 and it is stupid to build the same kernel twice, once for
amd64 and once for i386 anyway.
MfG
Goswin
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