On Sun, 2018-02-11 at 14:30 -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > > > > On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:12 PM, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@Hanse > > nPartnership.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2018-02-11 at 11:42 -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2018, at 9:40 AM, Mark D Rustad <mrustad@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:59 AM, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband. > > > > > pl> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does Debian make it easy to upgrade to a 64-bit kernel if > > > > > > you > > > > > > have a > > > > > > 32-bit install? > > > > > > > > > > Quite easy, yeah. Crossgrading userspace is not for the > > > > > faint of the heart, but changing just the kernel is fine. > > > > > > > > ISTR that iscsi doesn't work when running a 64-bit kernel with > > > > a 32-bit userspace. I remember someone offered kernel patches > > > > to fix it, but I think they were rejected. I haven't messed > > > > with that stuff in many years, so perhaps the userspace side > > > > now has accommodation for it. It might be something to check > > > > on. > > > > > > > > > > At the risk of suggesting heresy, should we consider removing > > > x86_32 support at some point? > > > > Hey, my cloud server is 32 bit: > > > > bedivere:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo > > processor : 0 > > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > > cpu family : 15 > > model : 2 > > model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz > > stepping : 9 > > microcode : 0x2e > > cpu MHz : 2813.464 > > [...] > > > > I suspect a lot of people are in the same position: grandfathered > > in on an old hosting plan, but not really willing to switch to a > > new 64 bit box because the monthly cost about doubles and nothing > > it does is currently anywhere up to (let alone over) the capacity > > of the single 686 processor. > > > > The thing which is making me consider it is actually getting a TPM > > to protect the private keys, but doubling the monthly cost is still > > a huge disincentive. > > Where are they hosting this? Last I checked, replacing a P4 and > motherboard with something new paid for itself in about a year in > power savings. It's a rented server not a co-lo cage. I don't doubt it's costing the hosting provider, but they're keeping my rates low. James -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
