On 30.01.2018 13:59, Andre Albsmeier wrote: >> Also, I'd like to know reasons that made you stick to 32 bit OS >> as we have pretty good support for 32 bit applications running under 64 bit >> system. > > I (still) have 32 bit machines and don't want to maintain 2 userlands. > Each machine has its own kernel but userland (updated via nfs) must > remain 32 bit. > > Or is it possible to boot a 64 bit kernel and have everything else in > 32 bit?
I have not tried "everything else in 32 bit", there may be some rough edges dealing with run-time linker but you can try. /sbin/init is statically linked and it should work with kernel having option COMPAT_FREEBSD32. /bin/sh may be OK too provided /libexec/ld-elf32.so.1 is in place. You should really consider switching to 64 bit kernel for such hardware. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
