>> I don't intend to do a new port, however the hppa kernel requires a >> hppa64 compiler. >> >> $ dpkg-architecture -ahppa64 >> dpkg-architecture: error: unknown Debian architecture hppa64, you must >> specify GNU system type, too >> >> please could you add support to make this work? it will simplify the >> packaging of the toolchain.
> To the hppa porters, is there prospects of such a port? Most likely not in the near future. > Is the ABI of such port stable (I'd assume yes)? There is no glibc support yet, but kernel interface is known. And of course calling syntax would be like HP-UX. > I'm also assuming the port would be big endian too? Yes. > And the GNU triplet is hppa64-linux-gnu? Yes. Helge