Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

David Edelsohn <dje%watson.ibm.com@localhost> writes:
>       Running 32-bit userland is recommended.  All 64-bit PowerPC Linux
> distributions only use 32-bit userland. 
> 
>       All 64-bit issues are hidden in the kernel.  Leave it that way.

NetBSD is 64 bit clean. There wouldn't be any 64 bit issues per se.

Some apps do indeed need a 64 bit userland, btw. They shouldn't be
prevented from running.

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