This one time, at band camp, Karsten M. Self said: > I've looked for the answer to this question in several places, no > clear statement I can find. > > Is the Debian powerpc port 32 or 64 bit? Does this pertain to the > kernel and all apps or just the kernel? And is this equivalent to, > e.g.: SuSE's zSeries/powerpc ports (which _are_ 64 bit AFAIK). > > If there's a document explaining this in detail, I'd appreciate a > reference. > > Thanks. > > Peace. I looked around on the ports page, but didn't see anything specific. I would assume the kernel is the same as on any linux distro. I downloaded a deb, and extracted it, and ran file on it to check. Here's the output: steve:~$ file temp/usr/bin/kcdlabel temp/usr/bin/kcdlabel: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, PowerPC or cisco 4500, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped FWIW, -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | The joys of love made her human and the | | steve@lobefin.net | agonies of love destroyed her. -- | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | Spock, "Requiem for Methuselah", stardate | | | 5842.8 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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