Re: 32bits or 64bits system

Andy Bennett <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

> I think that you misunderstand my mean.
> Really I want to know about define of 32bits and 64bits system.
> A system is called to be 32bits  => Is processor  or operation system is
> 32bits?

On the i386 and amd64/x86-64 architectures, a 32bit processor can run a
32bit OS and a 64 bit processor can run either a 32bit OS or a 64bit one.

Other architectures vary:
arm 26, 32 and 64 bit architectures have their own rules.
ia64 (Intel Itanic) can only run 64bit OSes.





Regards,
@ndy

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