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Re: [suse-amd64] suse 9.1 and kylix
- From: Marcus Meissner <meissner@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 21:40:33 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <20040503214032.GA18500@xxxxxxx>
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 08:52:28PM +0200, Willibald Krenn wrote:
> Andi Kleen schrieb:
>
> >Also an a.out linux distribution (SuSE 4.2) runs nicely on the x86-64
> >kernel (except for GNU emacs 18 who doesn't like 4GB of address space)
> >I also ran some very old a.out binaries from Linux prehistory (~1992)
> >successfully on the x86-64 kernel.
> >
> >
> Hmm, impressive! If only all components of GNU/Linux would be tested
> such comprehensively.
>
> >Win64 dropped supported for 16bit Windows programs. Wine on
> >x86-64 linux runs them still fine.
> >
> >
> What a pitty that a change in glibc broke wine... (and thus probably Kylix)
>
> http://www.kerneltraffic.org/wine/wn20030131_155.html - point 2
WINE works just fine on AMD64, the code has been fixed.
Ciao, Marcus
> Andi Kleen schrieb:
>
> >Also an a.out linux distribution (SuSE 4.2) runs nicely on the x86-64
> >kernel (except for GNU emacs 18 who doesn't like 4GB of address space)
> >I also ran some very old a.out binaries from Linux prehistory (~1992)
> >successfully on the x86-64 kernel.
> >
> >
> Hmm, impressive! If only all components of GNU/Linux would be tested
> such comprehensively.
>
> >Win64 dropped supported for 16bit Windows programs. Wine on
> >x86-64 linux runs them still fine.
> >
> >
> What a pitty that a change in glibc broke wine... (and thus probably Kylix)
>
> http://www.kerneltraffic.org/wine/wn20030131_155.html - point 2
WINE works just fine on AMD64, the code has been fixed.
Ciao, Marcus
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