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From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@barrysworld.com>
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Subject: Re: amd64 support in linux emulation 
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Peter Wemm wrote:
> I've been thinking about this for the last day or so.  We also need to
> be able to run 32 bit linux binaries, probably more urgently than 64
> bit linux binaries.  The thought of having two linux emulators in the
> kernel gave me a headache.
> 
> But yes, it something high on the list of things that need to be done.
> There are a few more critical things that need doing in order to have
> a justifiable claim to tier-1 status (smp, certain optimizations,
> etc). 

Sounds good thanks for the update.

    Steve