On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 07:59:12AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Erik Andersen wrote: > > > On Mon Mar 10, 2003 at 11:00:32PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > > > - switch to a smaller libc, such as uclibc > > > > The only downside to this is that I currently do not support all > > the architectures that are supported by Debian. Adding support > > for a new arch to uClibc is really not very hard, and most of the > > needed bits can be directly swiped from glibc, but it does take > > someone that is familiar with the architecture and willing to put > > in a bit of time. > > > > Debian arches not currently supported by uClibc: > > hppa, hurd, ia64, s390 > > > > Working but need some additional polish and ldso support: > > alpha, sparc, m68k > > > > Fully supported: > > arm, i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, sh > > > Does d-i need a trim libc for all these architectures? For S/390, for > example, if you can get a bootable kernel/initrd in place, you can get > as bulky an installer as you could wish too.
Likewise hppa and ia64 don't have a 1.4MB floppy limitation. Some hppa boxes have 1.4MB floppies, but we don't have kernel driver, and have managed ok so far with CD and network booting. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
