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From: Jim Gifford <maillist@jg555.com> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:42:06 -0700 > So for my question, why does a bootloader have to be 32bit? > Anyone got 64 bit bootloaders for Sparc or x86_64 machines? You can make SILO 64-bit, but it would just be a lot of work and would just result in a SILO that, unlike current SILO, would only work on UltraSPARC machines. 32-bit SILO, on the other hand, can work on any Sparc system. There really is no advantage, and known disadvantages, to making SILO 64-bit. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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