a64 Kernel

[Was_Just19]

Can anyone point me to a link with info about using the a64 kernel as opposed to a standard kernel?

Apparently it is a kernel built with AMD 64 CPUs in mind, but what does it offer that is desirable and not available in a standard kernel?
Should it be used with all AMD CPUs?

Thanks.

[rayman2]

Putting a 64bit kernel into pclinuxos wont make pclinuxos a 64bit OS, it will be a 32bit OS running a 64bit kernel no more no less.

I think that explains enough.
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[Texstar]

current kernels for 2010.

kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - standard kernel supports up to 4 gigs of memory
kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5.a64-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - 32 bit kernel compiled with 64 bit options with_ssp -fomit-frame-pointer -march=athlon64 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5.bfs-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - CK kernel using the BFS kernel scheduler
kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5.lgc-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - Legacy kernel for old computers. Supports up to 894 mb of memory, compiled for i586 systems
kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5.pae-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - PAE kernel supports up to 64 gigs of memory.

[Was_Just19]

32 bit kernel compiled with 64 bit options with_ssp -fomit-frame-pointer -march=athlon64 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables

Thanks ........  that gives me something to research.

Now to find out what those options mean in practice .....

EDIT
         no meaningful hits from Google on any of those options .......  meaningful to me anyway, which is not necessarily the same thing of course .....

[craesz]

current kernels for 2010.

kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - standard kernel supports up to 4 gigs of memory
kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5.a64-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - 32 bit kernel compiled with 64 bit options with_ssp -fomit-frame-pointer -march=athlon64 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5.bfs-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - CK kernel using the BFS kernel scheduler
kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5.lgc-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - Legacy kernel for old computers. Supports up to 894 mb of memory, compiled for i586 systems
kernel-2.6.32.8-pclos5.pae-1-1pclos2010.i586.rpm - PAE kernel supports up to 64 gigs of memory.

Tex.... Will the .a64 kernel above support the extended memory like the pae??? Or maybe a better question is... what is the max memory supported by the a64 kernel?