Matthew Garrett wrote: > Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 07:30:47PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: >>> Bear in mind that the 64-bit kernel doesn't offer all the functionality >>> that the 32-bit one does. vm86 is the most obvious thing missing. >> and it seems a 64-bit kernel needs a 64-bit iptables. > > Yes, applications with close ties to the kernel are likely to be a > problem. Last time I checked USB printers didn't work either. It's > possible that it'll be a supportable configuration in the future, but we > may well have flying cars by then. No flying cars needed -- at least for the iptables/netfilter part. 2.6.17 and newer (64-bit) kernels[1] work fine with 32-bit iptables. This is not a problem for etch -- sarge OTOH had that problem and yet we shipped 64-bit kernels.
1: http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=2722971cbe831117686039d5c334f2c0f560be13 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
