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Date:      Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:14:54 -0800
From:      Justin Hopper <jhopper@bsdhosting.net>
To:        obrien@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MySQL and 32-bit
Message-ID:  <1080177293.27726.123.camel@work.gusalmighty.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040324230929.GC14111@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 15:09, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 11:45:41AM -0800, Justin Hopper wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 10:12, Markus Schanovsky wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > > Is there any chance to install a MySQL-32-bit-version on FreeBSD-AMD64?
> > > The 32-emulation works very fine on Windows XP (the hole OS  runs as an 
> > > emulation :-))
> > 
> > There has been talk on this list of a 32-bit emulator for freebsd-amd64,
> 
> Repeat after me -- there is no 32-bit *EMULATION*.  32-bit binaries run
> natively on AMD64 hardware.  What we've been talking about is 32-bit
> syscall tables and associated 32-bit ld.so support.

Sorry, "EMULATION" was not the right word, I meant 32-bit libraries and
other things on the 64-bit freebsd-amd64 OS.  I think we all know that
x86-64 runs both 32-bit and 64-bit natively on the hardware =)
-- 
Justin Hopper  <jhopper@bsdhosting.net>
UNIX Systems Engineer
BSDHosting.net
Hosting Division of Digital Oasys Inc.
http://www.bsdhosting.net



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