Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964884AbVIMQwb (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:52:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964885AbVIMQwb (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:52:31 -0400 Received: from perpugilliam.csclub.uwaterloo.ca ([129.97.134.31]:43696 "EHLO perpugilliam.csclub.uwaterloo.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964884AbVIMQwa (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:52:30 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:52:29 -0400 To: Joe Bob Spamtest Cc: "David S. Miller" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Pure 64 bootloaders Message-ID: <20050913165228.GG28578@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <4325F3D5.9040109@spamtest.viacore.net> <20050912.144107.37064900.davem@davemloft.net> <4325FADB.4090804@spamtest.viacore.net> <20050912.151230.100651236.davem@davemloft.net> <43260A8D.1090508@spamtest.viacore.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43260A8D.1090508@spamtest.viacore.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 733 Lines: 19 On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:09:01PM -0700, Joe Bob Spamtest wrote: > ia64 runs terrible in 32 bit mode. but i suppose that because > of the nature of ia64 it's really doing emulation anyways. > either way, ia64 was a big disappointment to just about everyone. ia64 also wasn't an extension on an existing 32bit design the way sparc, ppc, mips and x86_64 have done. Is the alpha also pure 64bit? Of course mips is extra fun in having two 32bit formats and one 64bit format. Len Sorensen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/