On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 02:31:29PM +0100, Dr Gavin Seddon wrote: > I'm being slow here, so how come hppa is known as tru64?
Erm...indeed. I think you are confusing hppa (aka parisc) with alpha. Or can you point me at a reference that says tru64 will run on hppa? > Also if > I can use 32bit, why can't a i386 source be used Most (95%+) user space apps will compile on all archs. See http://buildd.debian.org/stats/ You can build a 32-bit chroot on hppa and test your app. > or is it 'cos of diff architecture. A few don't because of embedded asm() (e.g. inb) or depend on arch specific HW (e.g. gfx). > Finally, I am trying to install an 32b app. that installs > on fedora core for the amd oteron. This is 32_64, or again is it a > architecture issue? amd opteron (x86-64) can run both 32 and 64-bit apps. Someday hppa will be able to as well. grant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
