From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Hanson Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:37:58 +0000 Subject: Re: dropping CONFIG_IA32_SUPPORT from ia64 Message-Id: <4474D236.4050707@sgi.com> 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 Luck, Tony wrote: > Cc: list pruned to stop annoying the innocent bystanders ... > >>> I've been thinking of dropping CONFIG_IA32_SUPPORT completely from ia64. >>> I've heard no complaints that new syscalls are not being added to the >>> ia32 compat side ... which is an indication that people are not >>> actively using this. >> Or maybe the people using ia32 compatibility are just running big >> apps like Firefox or Open Office that are non-trivial to build for >> ia64, but may not care as much about shiny new syscalls. > > Firefox has been ported ... it came as a native ia64 binary > rpm on the last OSD install disk that I put on my workstation. > Dunno about Open office though. Native port of Open Office is supposed to be very hard because the UNO bridge code is specific to each architecture. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Hanson - jhanson@sgi.com - Field Technical Analyst You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You can choose from phantom fears and kindness that can kill; I will choose a path that's clear I will choose freewill. - Lee/Lifeson/Peart