Subject: Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000
To: David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 08/14/2002 01:26:06
David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com> 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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Perry E. Metzger perry@piermont.com
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