> > I know some admins who are looking to try Oracle RAC on amd64, but > have some 64bit vs 32bit issues for a number of things. If they could > run > Oracle in 64bit and some of the helper applications in 32bit that would > solve a number of their issues in a production enviroment... testing > updates would be much easier. Happen to have any links on this? >
There is work going on for the next release of Gentoo on x86_64 in getting the multilib environment working properly. But no, no links on Oracle at the moment. And given everything I've seen on Oracle both when I was actively involved - V3 on a 36-bit Dec KI10, and as a user now, I'd recommend staying away from Oracle if at all possible. Any software that requires a set of specific libraries, even on Red Hat Enterprise, has some serious issues with working at all. But if you want to keep track of what's going on with 64-bit and 32-bit multiple library environments, subscribe to - gentoo-amd64. > Also I'd been googling around and hadn't found anything about running > 32bit drivers, fiber hba card, in a 64 bit kernel. The answer appears to > be no, but no one has said anything definite. > Fiber HBA card? Like Qlogic? It's in the kernel. And any decent FC card has been 64-bit complaint for ages. The only issues I've seen are some Wireless cards and useless winmodems. Real hardware has 64-bit drivers. Bob - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
