On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Hector Oron <hector.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > The problem on ppc 64 bit architecture was that Debian already has a 32 > bit port and it is more efficient on 64 bit architectures, because it > uses more efficiently L2 cache on non FP instructions.
Yeah, I know :) I currently wonder if it is still being maintained, so that it would make sense to keep it in d-i. > The only problem > I had was trying to run IBM 64 bit SDK3.0 for CELL (from Barcelona's > Supercomputing Center) on 32 bit Debian. There ain't much of 64-bit external depends in IBM SDK, since it brings in most of the stuff. Off the top of my head I remember only libnuma (besides 64-bit glibc, of course, which is available). Thus, it should not be too much of a problem to provide 64-bit versions of those external depends as powerpc.deb packages. > IMHO (i am not a DD) this is something ppc Debian people need to discuss > if it is worth to have that 64 bit architecture on Debian (note the lack > of ppc supporters and the unwillingness to get back some good > contributors to ppc). I would be interested on being part of the ppc64 > devel team if one is created. Speaking of myself, I see no need in such a port. It brings no significant benefits in exchange of a good deal of space. -- Regards, Wartan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
