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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!lestat.nas.nasa.gov!thorpej From: thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov (Jason R. Thorpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux Date: 5 Sep 1995 02:26:53 GMT Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Project - NASA Ames Lines: 14 Message-ID: <42gchd$ptd@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> References: <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net> <427j40$kks@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> <42b9rn$tl0@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu> <MICHAELV.95Sep3212838@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lestat.nas.nasa.gov X-ORIGINAL-NEWSGROUPS: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:942 comp.os.linux.advocacy:19463 In article <MICHAELV.95Sep3212838@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>, Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote: >Does it say whether Linux/Alpha is a 32-bit kernel, as has been widely >reported in the past. For argument's sake, the NetBSD/Alpha kernel is >fully 64-bit, just like Digital Unix (a.k.a. OSF/1). Thanks for bringing this up, Michael ... I almost forgot! :-) -- Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939