Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 08:47:16 09/07/03
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On September 07, 2003 at 11:41:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: >One note to dispel urban legend: "You do _not_ need a 64 bit O/S to run a >64 bit program." 64 bit support in the O/S helps some things, such as using >a large memory footprint. But a program can execute 64 bit instructions even >when running under a 32 bit O/S. Sun ran this way for _years_ on their >ultra-sparc processors. AFAIK, this is _not_ possible on the Opteron. There's 3 modes: 32-bit OS, 32-bit drivers, 32-bit apps 64-bit OS, 64-bit drivers, 32-bit apps 64-bit OS, 64-bit drivers, 64-bit apps but not 32-bit OS, x-bit drivers, 64-bit apps -- GCP
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