[parisc-linux] Interoperability

[parisc-linux] Interoperability

[Nicolas THOMAS]

Hi PA-Riscers,

Does anyone of you have references/URL/opinion.... on interoperabilty purpose ?

The systems I would like to be able to interoperate are :

- Linux x86
- Linux PA-risc 32bits
- Linux PA-risc 64bits
- HP-UX 11 64bits


I already know the STK: http://devresource.hp.com/STK/

But it does not cover all the possibilities of interop..

I'm just looking for pointers & references ...

Thanks in advance for your help.

Nicolas
HP

Re: [parisc-linux] Interoperability

[Grant Grundler]

Nicolas THOMAS wrote:
> Does anyone of you have references/URL/opinion.... on interoperabilty
> purpose?

Could you provide details on what you mean by "interoperability"?
(Or specific applications that you need to run if you don't need
to build them from scratch)

> The systems I would like to be able to interoperate are :
> - Linux x86
> - Linux PA-risc 32bits
> - Linux PA-risc 64bits
> - HP-UX 11 64bits

Obviously not all four can run the same application binaries.
I do expect a pretty good level of source compatibility (90%+).
On the PARISC OS's, even a degree of binary compatibility.

Provided details, I can forward things not covered by HPUX to the
right people (caveat: no guarantee they will get fixed...).  And
you are welcome to post patches for stuff in either 32 or 64-bit
parisc-linux kernels here.
(Or submit bug reports to bugs.parisc-linu.org.)


> I already know the STK: http://devresource.hp.com/STK/

Also try:
    http://devresource.hp.com/OpenSource/Tools/OpenSourceLib.html
         (I think this might be the same/related to the STK)
    http://devresource.hp.com/LPK/

The LPK (Linux Porting Kit) seems to be pretty good (though not perfect).

grant

Grant Grundler
parisc-linux {PCI|IOMMU|SMP} hacker
+1.408.447.7253

Re: [parisc-linux] Interoperability

[Nicolas THOMAS]

Grant Grundler <grundler@puffin.external.hp.com> writes:

> Nicolas THOMAS wrote:
> > Does anyone of you have references/URL/opinion.... on interoperabilty
> > purpose?
> 
> Could you provide details on what you mean by "interoperability"?
> (Or specific applications that you need to run if you don't need
> to build them from scratch)

The main goal is to be able to have a back-end on one host and a front-end 
on the other. Communication is done with the network (sockets).



> 
> > The systems I would like to be able to interoperate are :
> > - Linux x86
> > - Linux PA-risc 32bits
> > - Linux PA-risc 64bits
> > - HP-UX 11 64bits
> 
> Obviously not all four can run the same application binaries.
Of course :-)

Thanks for your help.

Nicolas

Re: [parisc-linux] Interoperability

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 11:06:50AM +0100, Nicolas THOMAS wrote:
> 
> The main goal is to be able to have a back-end on one host and a front-end 
> on the other. Communication is done with the network (sockets).

Yes, all four combinations talk TCP/IP.

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