On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 07:47:27AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > Ah, good. Btw, anyone tried loading a 64bit kernel from 32bit grub2? If it > > works, we could add ppc64 to the list (using biarch). > > As said, a year or two ago, i used grub2 to boot a dual power3 box, which is a > powerpc 64bit machine. It worked just fine, especially since the default > method for openfirmware bootloaders is to run as 32bit. I am not sure it makes > sense to run them in 64bit mode, or even if it is supposed to work. All the > documentation i have seen on this topic, even from IBM and others, show that > the bootloader should be run in 32bit mode, and the kernel is launched from > 32bit, and then sets up the 64bit stuff, so there should be no major > difference with regard to grub2. > > Notice that here ppc64 is confusing, you probably speak about the one-man-show > pure-64 thingy from Andreas Jochens, and not from the kernel arch ppc64. > Notice that this is not and will never be an officially supported arch by > debian, and despite me asking, Andreas Jochens has shown absolutely no > interest to cooperate with the biarch or multi-arch effort, even though this > won't happen anymore for etch anyway.
Ah I see. Well, whatever it turns out, adding any-ppc64 doesn't harm (added). -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
