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SubjectRe: Monterey apps under Linux
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jgarzik@pobox.com said:
> It seems more difficult to code an iBCS-like module which will run
> 64-bit Monterey apps on a 32-bit Linux kernel, rather than vice versa.

Oh, definitely.

> Though perhaps, as one person mentioned, the article is merely talking
> about a common 64-bit ABI which will run transparently across IA64 and
> other Monterey-compatible OS's.

I read it as: 'Linux/IA64 will run Monterey/IA64 binaries'. Which is likely to
be a fairly simple task, given the number of other personalities we already
support.

Although, strictly speaking, the developers are already running IA64 binaries
on IA32 when they run it in the the simulator.



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