On Friday 03 April 2020 14:26:09 Rene Hopf via Emc-developers wrote: > > On 3. Apr 2020, at 19:46, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 18:19, Jon Elson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Another topic is what to do about 32-bit and 64-bit > >> kernels. I've been too busy to do much, but I > >> suspect there is code in my ppmc driver that will not work > >> right on a 64-bit build. > > > > There was a discussion about this on the 4th of February and I > > believe that a solution was found. > > However looking on Github i do not see any evidence that the fix was > > applied. > > > > As far as the ISO images go RTAI will necessarily be 64-bit. I was > > expecting the same to be true for PREEMPT-RT. > > I would be surprised if many owners of obligate-32 bit systems would > > be intending to upgrade to the latest OS via an ISO install. > > I don't think that I have a 32-bit machine to test on. The oldest I > > have is probably a D525 from 10 years ago. > > > > Are you in a position to test the drivers on a 64-bit machine? > > Thanks Andy for taking care of the release! > I do not see any reason to support 32 bit, any x86 cpu designed in the > last 12 years supports 64 bit. > I do, as the stack frame is smaller, IRQ latentcy is lower.
> I also would like to include my pocket fix in 2.8, and am willing to > support it. https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/pull/528 > <https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/pull/528> It only needs another > minor fix(and documentation update), and if there are no objections I > will rebase and merge it. It does not interfer with any existing tool > changer configuration. > > I also vote for having the reverse run included. Not haveing encountered a situation that makes it usefull to me, I've not an opinion. > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-developers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
