Can you explain to us why exactly you want to run i386 instead of x86_64?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Jack Whitham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 08:35:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> You are right that i386 programs won't work right now. There isn't anything
>> fundamental about that, but I have to focus my efforts somewhere and that 
>> just
>> hasn't been where yet. There are a few things that need to be set up
>> differently for 32 bit programs in how certain system resources are
>> initialized, but the main problem would be that 32 bit support is likely
>> incomplete and virtually untested. This will definitely work eventually, but 
>> my
>> attention is on getting the Linux kernel up in full system. If you'd like to 
>> try
>> to get it to work yourself, I'd be happy to answer any questions you have.
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your reply; I understand the situation now.
>
> For the time being I will look into ways to use one of the other ISAs
> for my work. If this proves impossible I may well be contributing
> patches for i386 support.
>
> For the record, the main page of the wiki could be clearer on this
> point.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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