On 10/23/18 6:15 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 23/10/2018 16:08, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
You should still be able to create an i586 package for 32-bit systems running on a 64-bit kernel.
Hang on... how can you run a 64-bit kernel on a 32-bit machine?
You can't.
Sure, you can run a 32-bit _distro_ on a 64-bit machine, but not the reverse...
I didn't claim that. But it's not uncommon to use a 64-bit kernel with a 32-bit userland. It's not *that* common on x86 because 64-bit x86 is much more than just a doubled pointer width as compared to 32-bit x86 (more registers, instructions etc). But it's quite common on architectures like POWER or SPARC where a 32-bit userland can have measurable performance advantages over 64-bit. There is a largely unknown approach to achieve that on x86 called x32 for which there is a Debian port. Adrian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org