From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Gxxrn-0002XH-Dr for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:48:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBN3iZBE005025; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:44:35 GMT Received: from ender.volumehost.net (adsl-69-154-123-202.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBN3iYC4032446 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:44:34 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC67214BC1 for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:44:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at volumehost.net Received: from ender.volumehost.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ender.volumehost.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id l+7+1kQvSDNj for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:44:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net (adsl-69-154-123-205.dsl.fyvlar.swbell.net [69.154.123.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ender.volumehost.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A3214BBE for ; Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:44:32 +0000 (UTC) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Emerging package as both 64 and 32 bit Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:44:33 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200612220854.59448.bss03@volumehost.net> In-Reply-To: X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1360284.55vALvuhDW"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200612222144.33380.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Archives-Salt: f4723bef-134a-4357-9daf-1c791959928e X-Archives-Hash: f3709bd9621a123bd2abdb053ebc003f --nextPart1360284.55vALvuhDW Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 22 December 2006 15:20, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote=20 about '[gentoo-amd64] Re: Emerging package as both 64 and 32 bit': > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." posted > 200612220854.59448.bss03@volumehost.net, excerpted below, on Fri, 22 > Dec > > 2006 08:54:59 -0600: > > Also, it's technically possible for the bootloader to switch into > > extended mode before loading the kernel, but not done (in GRUB, at > > least) for solid technical reasons. (IIRC, there's some memory > > mappings that have to be set up before entering extended mode.) > > That's something I've actually always wondered, so it's interesting to > see a bit on it. Is there anything not /too/ technical* but somewhat > more detailed you could point me to? I don't have anything bookmarked, but I'll look around after I get back=20 from work and see if I can dig up any more references. =2D-=20 "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." =2D- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh --nextPart1360284.55vALvuhDW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBFjKYhq72nDbhDXToRAuvhAJsG/ILG2gFfnJrAflVzh1qEZX6gvwCfdszz rQ2mxJKVRDnnLxm2o8Z1wd8= =wBGH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1360284.55vALvuhDW-- -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list