> Would Wine/i386 run native 64 bit Windows programs? Erm...excuse me, but how could a 32-bit system run a 64-bit application? Wine on an i386-system is restricted to the 32-bit world. The 64-bit world isn't just "doubly sized pointers" and "doubled number of bits for memory address space". There is a perfectly good reason, why it's a complete port of its own, and not just a switch during install-phase. While it is possible to run 32-bit applications on an amd64-architecture / platform, the reverse is impossible, because on 32-bit systems the CPU is running in a mode that not just restricts pointers and address-space to 32-bits, but also hides a number of registers and other things from the running applications. All registers required for 32-bit Applications are accessible all the time when running in amd64-mode, but the amd64-enhancements are not available when running in 32-bit mode. tl;dr: No, it's not possible due to the architecture's design. - Volkmar -- http://www.dimensionv.de/ http://tech.nifelheim.info/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OpenPGP Fingerprint: E03D 33DB B409 2E99 C2DA 7D64 145F 0A76 D252 7078 Key: http://www.dimensionv.de/pgp (+ all public key-servers) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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