[Gllug] AMD64

[Nick Warrington]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Winter [mailto:doug at isotoma.com]
> Sent: 23 November 2004 19:27
> To: Greater London Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] AMD64
> 
> 
> George Wright wrote:
> > Do you have sound working at all using OSS or something 
> similar? What about 
> > onboard ethernet? The sound isn't too much of an issue as I 
> have a PCI 
> > SoundBlaster Live which I use instead of onboard but I 
> sometimes use the 
> > onboard as the line input on my SB is very quiet...
> 
> To simplify a bit, the kernel is the same kernel as for 
> 32-bit, except 
> compiled in 64-bit, so it all just works basically.  Problems arise 
> where code isn't "64-bit clean" - i.e. it is assumed that words are 
> 32-bits wide and that kind of thing.  The kernel has been 
> 64-bit clean 
> for ages, since it runs on other 64-bit architectures, like 
> sparc64, and 
> has done for some time.
> 
> doug.
> 


Indeed, and as such, I haven't had any problems with any of the kernel level
stuff including the on board ethernet. Its commonly available apps that are
not 64 bit clean or are only available as bins that are my problem. Those
need running under 32 bit emulation, which, incidentally 'just works' too :)

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