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Re: sparc64 porterbox



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-=| Julien Cristau, Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:34:39AM +0200 |=-
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 07:41:50 +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> > -=| Alexander Zangerl, Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:41:56AM +1000 |=-
> > > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:11:38 +0300, Damyan Ivanov writes:
> > > >However, there doesn't seem to be a sparc64 porter box available.
> > > 
> > > sparc64 = sparc: the sparc port is interesting insofar as the kernel
> > > is 64-bit while userland is 32-bit. ( debian hasn't supported any
> > > of the old 32-bit sparc hardware for a few years...)
> > 
> > I understand.
> > 
> > So what does the sparc64 buildd do differently than the "plain sparc" 
> > one?
> 
> The sparc port has 64bit kernel and 32bit userspace.  The sparc64 port
> has 64bit kernel and userspace.

Right. So I rephrase my initial question: Is there a box (or perhaps 
a chroot?) that uses 64bit userspace available? Supposedly similar to 
the one used by the "sparc64" buildd?

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