[mdlug] opensuse 64 bit vrs 32 bit advantages speed etc.

[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: Aaron Kulkis
> 
>> But which of those are capable of booting up to a
>> 64-bit operating system and then running 32-bit
>> code? -- it's NOT a trivial thing -- we had 64-bit
>> CPUs for over a decade before AMD developed one
>> that could accomplish this feat.
> 
>  Um, we run 32-bit AIX executables on 64-bit AIX regularly...

Which CPUs are in those machines?

I don't remember that being possible in
the first part of the decade even with
IBM's p5 series machines.