>>>>> "Kevin P. Lawton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kevin>
Kevin> - IA32 system environment, IA32 binaries, granted that the platform
Kevin> and firmware support this. This is vague. I need to find out more.
Kevin> Sounds like if your BIOS supports it, you could actually boot
Kevin> into and use the processor in IA32-only mode.
Kevin>
The BIOS support needed is not very large. AFAIK it only has to
redirect exceptions (remember that exceptions always puts the
processor into IA-64 mode) to the IA-32 OS (and emulate some
instructions (INVLPG, MOV2DR, LGDT, ...)).
/Magnus
