A 64-bit kernel does give you the option of running 32- or 64-bit executables, true. But everything that's part of the kernel itself, including loadable modules, must be the same as the rest of the kernel.
On Saturday 22 October 2005 03:18 am, Jérôme Warnier wrote: > Le samedi 22 octobre 2005 à 03:01 -0500, Alexander Charbonnet a écrit : > > When you're running a 64-bit kernel, like kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8, > > you must use a 64-bit kernel module. > > That's what I thought, but it was not perfectly clear to me and as the > machine is pretty far from me, I wanted to avoid any problem. > All this 64bits kernel mode and and 32bits user mode is quite confusing for > me... > > > On Saturday 22 October 2005 02:50 am, Jérôme Warnier wrote: > > > On one of my systems, I'm using Debian for i386, and I'm thinking about > > > going to kernel package "kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8". > > > The main reason I'm using Debian for i386 is that I need a proprietary > > > kernel module. > > > This kernel module is available for both x86 and AMD64, so I wonder > > > which one I should use with the above-mentioned kernel. > > > > > > Thanks On Saturday 22 October 2005 03:18 am, Jérôme Warnier wrote: > Le samedi 22 octobre 2005 à 03:01 -0500, Alexander Charbonnet a écrit : > > When you're running a 64-bit kernel, like kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8, > > you must use a 64-bit kernel module. > > That's what I thought, but it was not perfectly clear to me and as the > machine is pretty far from me, I wanted to avoid any problem. > All this 64bits kernel mode and and 32bits user mode is quite confusing for > me... > > > On Saturday 22 October 2005 02:50 am, Jérôme Warnier wrote: > > > On one of my systems, I'm using Debian for i386, and I'm thinking about > > > going to kernel package "kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8". > > > The main reason I'm using Debian for i386 is that I need a proprietary > > > kernel module. > > > This kernel module is available for both x86 and AMD64, so I wonder > > > which one I should use with the above-mentioned kernel. > > > > > > Thanks
