Re: Silly question

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, David Griffith wrote:

> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, David Brownlee wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 6 Sep 2008, David Griffith wrote:
> >
> > > FWIW, trying to run an i386 xorg server on amd64 hardware causes errors.
> >
> >         Could you clarify that? I've been running NetBSD/i386 with
> >         i386 xorg server on amd64 hardware for quite some time now,
> >         with a variety of display chipsets including ATI, NVIDIA,
> >         SIS, S3, Cirrus Logic and not seen any issues.
> >
> >         Do you mean running an 32bit xorg server under a 64bit OS/userland?
>
> It was a completely 32-bit system on a 64-bit machine.  Twas Ubuntu, but
> the fact xorg complained makes it seem relevant.

        It might have been something ubuntu/linux specific. Could it
        have been detecting the cpu and trying to put somthing into
        64bit mode?

        Once you have a 32bit NetBSD install running on an amd64 box you
        can treat it as any other 32bit box as far as xorg and userland is
        concerned...

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