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From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31 v2] PTI support for x86_32
Date:   Sun, 11 Feb 2018 11:42:47 -0800
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        Eduardo Valentin <eduval@amazon.com>,
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To:     Mark D Rustad <mrustad@gmail.com>
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On Feb 11, 2018, at 9:40 AM, Mark D Rustad <mrustad@gmail.com> wrote:

>> On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:59 AM, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> wrote:
>>=20
>>> Does Debian make it easy to upgrade to a 64-bit kernel if you have a
>>> 32-bit install?
>>=20
>> Quite easy, yeah.  Crossgrading userspace is not for the faint of the hea=
rt,
>> but changing just the kernel is fine.
>=20
> ISTR that iscsi doesn't work when running a 64-bit kernel with a 32-bit us=
erspace. I remember someone offered kernel patches to fix it, but I think th=
ey were rejected. I haven't messed with that stuff in many years, so perhaps=
 the userspace side now has accommodation for it. It might be something to c=
heck on.
>=20

At the risk of suggesting heresy, should we consider removing x86_32 support=
 at some point?=