Javier Serrano Polo writes: > I've been working in a repository to support i386 applications on amd64 > (see debian-amd64 for details, same subject). The last direction was to > extend this to work on qemu supported archs (like powerpc). But since I > haven't found yet any affordable way to get a powerpc or a sparc with > lenny, that will have to wait a long time unless there's a powerpc user > willing to help.
Can you explain in more detail what you are trying to do? On 64-bit powerpc machines we can run 32-bit binaries with no speed penalty (there is a very small overhead for some system calls, but that is offset by the fact that 32-bit binaries generally get better cache behaviour because pointers and longs are smaller). In fact Debian on powerpc doesn't make any distinction that I am aware of between 32-bit and 64-bit machines (other than to install a kernel that is appropriate for the machine, of course). Paul. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
