From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rhirst.linuxcare.com (pc2-hems4-0-cust95.bre.cable.ntl.com [213.107.176.95]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AD68482A for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 02:47:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: by rhirst.linuxcare.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 7DCD6B00C; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:46:24 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:46:24 +0100 From: Richard Hirst To: Grant Grundler Cc: Charles Boone , parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: Problem installing .9 iso image on C240 Message-ID: <20010711094624.F18375@linuxcare.com> References: <200107110545.XAA31374@puffin.external.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200107110545.XAA31374@puffin.external.hp.com>; from grundler@puffin.external.hp.com on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 11:45:15PM -0600 List-ID: On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 11:45:15PM -0600, Grant Grundler wrote: > Charles Boone wrote: > ... > > I do have one question, why > > would it not try to install the 64bit version? I was > > pretty sure that a C240 is a 64bit system. > > PDC on the C240 (and similar C-models of that generation) only > support PDC calls in "narrow" (ie 32-bit) mode. Sounds like the decision > to install 32 vs 64-bit depends on the PDC capabilities bit. > Can anyone offhand confirm/deny? Hmm, our installer installs either a 32 bit kernel or a 64 bit one which does wide PDC calls. So, I guess we will always install a 32 bit kernel on Cxx. Installing a 64 bit kernel with narrow PDC calls later would be an option (once it works). Do we leave building that kernel as an exercise for the user, or or do we have one packaged in the archive? Richard