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Re: ppc64 port



On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Hector Oron <hector.oron@gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem on ppc 64 bit architecture was that Debian already has a 32
> bit port and it is more efficient on 64 bit architectures, because it
> uses more efficiently L2 cache on non FP instructions.

Yeah, I know :)
I currently wonder if it is still being maintained, so that it would
make sense to keep it in d-i.

> The only problem
> I had was trying to run IBM 64 bit SDK3.0 for CELL (from Barcelona's
> Supercomputing Center) on 32 bit Debian.

There ain't much of 64-bit external depends in IBM SDK, since it
brings in most of the stuff. Off the top of my head I remember only
libnuma  (besides 64-bit glibc, of course, which is available). Thus,
it should not be too much of a problem to provide 64-bit versions of
those external depends as powerpc.deb packages.

> IMHO (i am not a DD) this is something ppc Debian people need to discuss
> if it is worth to have that 64 bit architecture on Debian (note the lack
> of ppc supporters and the unwillingness to get back some good
> contributors to ppc). I would be interested on being part of the ppc64
> devel team if one is created.

Speaking of myself, I see no need in such a port. It brings no
significant benefits in exchange of a good deal of space.

-- 
Regards, Wartan.


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