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diff --git a/faq/64-bit.mdwn b/faq/64-bit.mdwn index 1da375ba..d3d6d046 100644 --- a/faq/64-bit.mdwn +++ b/faq/64-bit.mdwn @@ -13,11 +13,18 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="Is there a 64-bit version?"]] -There are currently no plan for 64-bit userland, but 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 userland addressing space. -[[Work on this|open_issues/64-bit_port]] is currently in the master-x86_64 and -port-amd64 branches for GNU Mach. +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 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. + |