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diff --git a/faq/64-bit.mdwn b/faq/64-bit.mdwn index a41d215d..d3d6d046 100644 --- a/faq/64-bit.mdwn +++ b/faq/64-bit.mdwn @@ -13,23 +13,17 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Is there a 64-bit version?"]] -There are plans for 64-bit kernelland with 32-bit userland, which will notably -permit to efficiently make use of more than 2 GiB memory and provide 4 GiB +64-bit kernelland is supported with 32-bit userland, which notably +permits to efficiently make use of more than 2 GiB memory and provide 4 GiB userland addressing space. -A 64-bit GNU/Hurd is also coming soon, -progress is tracked on [[open_issues/64-bit_port]]! -Hurd developers ported GNUMach to -64-bit some time ago. Then they started making significant progress -on the x86_64 userland port in Feb 2023. As of September 2024, the -Debian hurd-amd64 port works just like the hurd-i386, except for -missing packages and more -[[bugs|https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2024-07/msg00058.html]], -namely swapping issues with rumpdisk and deadlocking issues with -libdiskfs/ext2fs. We are currently building -64-bit packages. We plan on supporting both a 32-bit and 64-bit Debian -GNU/Hurd, only not both at the same time. However, there is no plan to fix the -year 2038 concern on a 32-bit system. +A 64-bit GNU/Hurd is also available, progress is tracked on [[open_issues/64-bit_port]]! +As of April 2025, the Debian hurd-amd64 port works just like the hurd-i386, except for +some bugs, namely swapping issues with rumpdisk and dumping core files. + +We plan on supporting both a +32-bit and 64-bit Debian GNU/Hurd, only not both at the same time. +However, there is no plan to fix the year 2038 concern on a 32-bit system. That being said, you can always run a 32-bit version on a 64-bit machine, it just works, processes are just limited to a couple GiB available memory. |