Re: Bug#257455: isapnptools: amd64 support.
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 12:04:23PM -0400, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
>
> Isapnptools is needed only for a system that has older, ISA
> "plug-and-play" cards. Isn't the AMD64 a newer chip that would only
> appear in a PCI system?
It's not because this is a new system that people wouldn't want
run ISA cards on it. It still has an ISA bus. On most (all?) current
available systems there aren't any ISA slots however. That
doesn't mean there won't be. ISA slots are still used on
industrial PCs.
> Moreover, ISA pnp can be handled directly by a kernel module in kernel
> 2.3 and later.
That could be a good argument not to have it. The current amd64
doesn't seem to have this option though.
> If the package is deemed useful for AMD64: do you know whether it
> compiles on amd64?
It does compile, else I wouldn't have requested it. However I
can not test that it does something useful since I don't have any
ISA slots. When running pnpdump it just says that no boards are
found.
> In order to check, I logged in to
> pergolesi.debian.org. Obviously, I need to build it in the sid
> chroot, but which to choose? There are three:
>
> Available chroots: sid_i386 sid_amd64_pure sid ...
I think that sid_amd64_pure should be it, but I have no idea.
> Unpack command 'dpkg-source -x isapnptools_1.26-2.0.0.1.amd64.dsc' failed.
I have no idea why that failed, I suggest you try asking the
admin.
Kurt
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