Re: debian opteron support status query
Don Montgomery <donm@methodbydesign.com> writes:
> Goswin,
>
> (see my inlined comments below)
>
> On 23 Jan 2004, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>
> > Date: 23 Jan 2004 02:14:33 +0100
> > From: Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
> > To: Bharath Ramesh <bramesh@vt.edu>
> > Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: Re: debian opteron support status query
> > Resent-Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:15:06 -0600 (CST)
> > Resent-From: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
> >
> > Bharath Ramesh <bramesh@vt.edu> writes:
> >
> > > Hi I am interested in knowing the current status of debian support for
> > > amd64. The reason I am interested is that in the near future I will be
> > > acquiring a dual opteron machine. As I am used to debian I would like to
> > > stick to it rather than use other version of Linux. I would also like to
> > > know where I can look to find some documentation on how upto date is the
> > > document from debian.org/ports/amd64. If someone could point me to good
> > > reference I would really appreciate it. I am currently not subscribed to
> > > this mailing list would really appreciate it if you could copy the reply
> > > to me.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bharath
> >
> > Its work in progress.
> >
> > Currently you can install and use debian-i386 just fine and install a
> > biarch (i386+amd64) mixed system preferably as chroot from there.
> >
> > If you have some spcial needs its easy to get those working as 64 bit
> > but for something like a full desktop system you will have to stick to
> > mostly 32 bit packages untill more is ported. But that works fine with
> > debian i386 stable.
> >
> By degian i386, are you referring to woody? I recall
> seeing varying (perhaps motherboard-dependent?) comments
> on which revision of the linux kernel tree to build from
> for optimal amd64 functionality in a 32-bit system---would
> that be different from the optimal linux kernel tree for
> an i386+amd64 biarch system? Or are you saying to just
> simply use whatever kernel is packaged with woody?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
For a pure 32 bit system any kernel should do. But given the recent
exploits one from security.debian.org, sid or self build is realy
prefered.
For a 64bit kernel a recent one is required. Aparently there has been
a local user root exploit in the 32bit emulation and SuSe and RH have
released fixes. You should use them for debian too.
> > MfG
> > Goswin
> >
> > PS: I wouldn't yet use the 64bit part for production use, still too
> > much changes going on in the design and we offer no compatibility to
> > what might proove a better design next month.
MfG
Goswin
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