Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Mar 1999 05:07:48 -0500 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: Linux/IA-64 byte order |
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> I might be missing a point, but why do _we_ care that much about x86 > compatibility? I see why M$ and others want it will all their closed > source applications but for Linux it is just a matter of recompilation > and that is what people really want to do. You say you care very > little about kernel module binary compatibility, why do you suddenly > care about compatibility of binary only user land applictions?
How long do you think it will take RedHat, Debian, etc. to make an IA64 native distribution? I know Redhat doesn't have an UltraSparc native version, and I don't think Debian does either (I could be wrong on that, don't use Debian). But, 32-bit binaries run on the sparc64 kernel. This is a similar case.
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Brian Gerst
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