On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 21:02:47 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 04:46:59PM -0200, Rafael Ávila de Espíndola wrote: > > Hi, I have done some work on porting debian to the powerpc64. The original > > post: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/10/msg00193.html > > We have also been working silently on it ... > > > I also made some bug reports to add support for the powerpc architecture. > > One > > missing is the one against dpkg > > (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=263743). Who is the > > "powerpc64 port team"? What is the correct name of the architecture? > > IT is not, we need to thinkg about this, and it will depend on wheter we go > the pure64 way, or the biarch way. In any case i would like to have a working > biarch compiler and stuff before i build kernels. Well, i already have a > biarch compiler, but it is a hacked one, and not fit to be put into debian. Correct me if I am wrong but I think the amd64 started as a pure64 and is now adding multiarch support. A pure ppc64 may be a god starting point.
> > I see that you need a kernel. Maybe this helps: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2004/07/msg00449.html > > No, i don't think so, a ppc64 kernel which cannot be built inside debian is > not really all that usefull, and there is still the question of the glibc. > Work is underway on this, but there is still a way to go. Would it be worth if it could build in a pure64? If not, what do you think is a task worth doing? > > Good luck with the port. Is there a malling list? > > Here would be the right place. ok. > Friendly, > > Sven Luther Rafael Ávila de Espíndola