Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?
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- Subject: Re: i386 or AMD64 - Which is currently running?
- From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:02:17 -0500
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Greg Wooledge [2022-01-31 16:45:52] wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 04:37:37PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> BTW, for the twisted-minded it's probably possible to run a 64bit
>> userspace on a 32bit kernel.
> No. Or at least, not that I've ever heard of. If technology has been
> invented to make this possible, it's new to me.
I don't think there's any need to invent anything for that. I don't see
anything particularly hard about emulating a 64bit instruction set on
a 32bit system. Performance may not be great, but that's a secondary concern.
Stefan
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