Re: Debian for x86-64 (AMD Opteron)

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

> This won't work, because you can't mix 32 and 64 bits code or libraries.
> 
> I think the appropriate solution is to make it a completely new arch,
> with 32 bits compatibility libraries (at least glibc and xlibs) allowing
> to run 32 bits proprietary software.


I find that this might be better, than using /lib64, for 64-bit
mode libraries, because we need to modify almost everything that
uses dlopen, right ?

I am assuming that dlopen calls need to be modified to look for 
/usr/lib64 rather than /usr/lib on 64-bit architectures running
64-bit applications.

This sounds like a rather drastic change.


regards,
	junichi