Re: AMD64: 64 bit kernel 32 bit userland - some pending questions

[Andi Kleen]

On Tuesday 06 June 2006 13:51, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 June 2006 12:42, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Thomas Glanzmann <sithglan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > 
> > > Hello everyone,
> > > I would like to use an AMD64 Opteron System with a 64 bit Linux Kernel,
> > > but a 32 bit userland (Debian Sarge). I have a few questions about this:
> > 
> > The main caveat is that iptables and ipsec need 64bit executables
> > to be set up. The rest should work.
> 
> Recently I've had a problem running wine with a 16-bit windows application
> on a 64-bit kernel.  I guess it's a wine's problem, then?

At some point it worked - i ran 16bit solitaire and some other programs,
but it's not regularly tested.  When it works on a 32bit kernel with
the same wine version it should work on the 64bit kernel too. If not
it's likely a kernel bug.

-Andi
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