Re: x86_64 and x86 userland

2005-05-04 Thread Ralf Corsepius
Retry - The first posting doesn't seem to have made it. On Mon, 2005-05-02 at 10:31 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > I have a question regarding systems with more than one ABI, specifically > x86_64. If you consider for example the Debian distribution which has a > x86_64 kernel, but a completely

Re: x86_64 and x86 userland

2005-05-04 Thread Russ Allbery
Harald Dunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> I have a question regarding systems with more than one ABI, >> specifically x86_64. If you consider for example the Debian >> distribution which has a x86_64 kernel, but a completely x86 userland, >> config.guess still gives yo

Re: x86_64 and x86 userland

2005-05-04 Thread Bob Proulx
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > I have a question regarding systems with more than one ABI, specifically > x86_64. If you consider for example the Debian distribution which has a > x86_64 kernel, but a completely x86 userland, Actually, that is one of the possibilities. And in that case I would deny th

Re: x86_64 and x86 userland

2005-05-04 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 03 May 2005, Russ Allbery wrote: > Harald Dunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > > >> I have a question regarding systems with more than one ABI, > >> specifically x86_64. If you consider for example the Debian > >> distribution which has a x86_64 kernel, but a co

Re: x86_64 and x86 userland

2005-05-04 Thread Andreas Schwab
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: > Actually, that is one of the possibilities. And in that case I would > deny that it is a completely x86 userland. > > 1. User installs x86 kernel. x86 userland. Everything 32-bit. I >think this would be considered the "normal" installation. > > 2. U