Albert Cahalan said: > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 22:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Thankfully this is not a huge undertaking as the goal is not to create >> an end to end 64 bit system. (Tho that could be done, but perhaps >> that's a discussion for another day) > > It's not as if the Linux apps are all 32-bit. > Due to the Alpha, Opteron, and Itanium, the > code should all be clean. > > You'll be running a mix if you go this route, > keeping both libraries in memory. Yuck. Some > apps need to be 64-bit. For example, procps > must be compiled as a 64-bit executable if > you want to support a 64-bit kernel.
Not true, at least on ppc64. I've run debian on my power3 machine with a 64-bit kernel, and procps works fine. In fact, everything runs fine. This begs the question, what will a ppc64 Debian look like? I'd guess a 64-bit kernel, 32-bit and 64-bit toolchains, .... ? >> I hope you'll agree this is a worthwhile endeavor and with your >> support, debian support for PowerPC64 processors can be enjoyed by all. >> (Or at least those with or soon to have hardware ;-) > > Eh, does Linux even run on Apple's new box? Apparently so, but pSeries boxes should also be supported. Cheers, Leigh.