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Re: 64bit port

To: Jakub Jelinek <jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz>
Subject: Re: 64bit port
From: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com>
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 09:14:29 +0100
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
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jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz said:
>  the 64bit kernel is able to run 64bit applications as well (first
> distributions with 64bit apps should be coming soon though).

Does that mean the security problems with 64-bit code have been solved?

The last I heard was that there were UltraSPARC bugs which made it undesirable
to allow users to run 64-bit code, and Sun weren't giving out enough
information to make a workaround.


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