From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932570AbWFKGMi (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:12:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932567AbWFKGMi (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:12:38 -0400 Received: from liaag2af.mx.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.157]:63378 "EHLO liaag2af.mx.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932570AbWFKGMh (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:12:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:09:39 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: mixing 32 and 64 bit? To: Dieter Stueken Cc: linux-kernel Message-ID: <200606110211_MC3-1-C21E-301D@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <44893D00.8090807@conterra.de> On Fri, 09 Jun 2006 11:18:56 +0200, Dieter Stueken wrote: > I just wonder how some userland applications are able to use 64-bit > capabilities although they are started by an ELF 32-bit binary. I observed > this when installing vmware: Even if the binary is an ELF32, it is > able to provide an 64Bit ABI to its guest OS. Until now I thought a > process is either 32bit or 64bit. Seems this is not true. > > Has some one a good link or entry point about this topic? > I could not find a matching keyword to search for. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=110202845100001&r=1&w=2 -- Chuck