Re: kernel-image-amd64 for sarge
On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:40:59PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:38:13PM +0200, Frederik Schueler wrote:
> > Please stop with this discussion once and for all.
>
> Huh?
the amd64 vs x86[-_]64 discussion, don't you have debian-devel
subscribed? Or do you have a flame filter you did not share with the
rest of us ;-)
> > > IMHO this is a little rushed.
> >
> > We need amd64 support in sarge, at least a minimal support like a 64bit
> > kernel and the possibility to run 64 bit binaries at all.
>
> AFAIK all x64_64 machines boot i386 kernels just fine, so this "need"
> needs some explanation. We're in freeze after all.
Yes of course they do, this is not IA64.
I have bought an amd64 system, so I want to use the 8 additional
registers and I want linear memory addressing for more than the 896M
i386 is able to support out of the box (without high memory support).
Since we are denied to have pure64 in sid before sarge releases, we want
at least to be able to install a decent kernel on our shiny new babies,
for the next 2 years until etch releases.
Sorry for becoming polemic.
Greetings
Frederik Schueler
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