From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 13:42:33 +0000 Subject: Re: dropping CONFIG_IA32_SUPPORT from ia64 Message-Id: <20060526134233.GA2185@infradead.org> List-Id: References: <200605241438.34303.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> In-Reply-To: <200605241438.34303.bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 03:11:03AM -0400, Jes Sorensen wrote: > Yup, Firefox runs nicely, now we just need gnash to get there so it > can display some of those %#@%#$$@# sites that insist on using flash. > > I took a look at trying to build Open Office about two month ago. All > I can say is YUCK! The build system is disgusting and the arch > specific bits are a nightmare to try and mess with - after wasting a > day on it I concluded that it wasn't worth waking up in the middle of > the night shaking and all soaked in sweat over it. Back to using > ia32el for it, which unfortunately makes an already utterly slow > application seem like it's running on my old C64. > > Anyone who manages to get Open Office building natively is very brave > :) Indeed. In addition to your list ooo out of the sun cvs isn't even 64bit clean. RH and Novell people are working on that though.