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Re: Request for help: upgrade Woody -> Sarge



Hi Matthew,

On Tuesday, 31 May 2005, you wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:45:13PM +0200, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote:
> > One of these things is the upgrade path for machines running with a
> > 64bit capable HP PA-Risc CPUs. If a HPPA is running woody with a 64bit
> > kernel, a newer kernel than 2.4.17 (woody distri kernel) is needed by
> > libc. That's the reason why we provide upgrade kernel. All these things
> > are described on the release notes at [1] and [2] we are currently
> > working on. 
> 
> I keep hearing that 64-bit thing, but I don't understand it.  Why are
> 32-bit machines OK and 64-bit ones not?  My understanding is that the
> problem is that libc depends on a very recent kernel version.  So the
> problem should be the same on 32 and 64 bit.  Can you explain?

mh, i only got this warning about a newer kernel needed when running the
upgrade with a 64bit kernel. donno why.

Greetings



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