Hi,

On 2/6/07, Ortwin Glück <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> gimli wrote:
> > Hm... why should i use a 64 bit kernel ?
>
> Processes can have > 2GB of address space in x86-64. That is of much
> interest mostly to server applications such as an Oracle DB.
>


Having the kernel in 64bit mode also brings:
no-executable stack.

Regards,

-- 
Miguel Sousa Filipe

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