>>>>> "Tony" == Tony Luck <Luck> writes: BH>> BH>> Or maybe the people using ia32 compatibility are just running big BH>> apps like Firefox or Open Office that are non-trivial to build for BH>> ia64, but may not care as much about shiny new syscalls.
Tony> Firefox has been ported ... it came as a native ia64 binary rpm Tony> on the last OSD install disk that I put on my workstation. Tony> Dunno about Open office though. Acrobat is the only thing I use it for... and firefox when I *have* to view flash movies. I think that IA32 support is important for those (few) of us who use Zx2000 or similar as workstations on Debian. And I'm hoping that that number will increase now that some of the 2nd generation clusters are reaching eol, so there should be starting to be zx6000 on the 2nd hand market relatively cheap. I've seen a few here for $1300AUD --- and even as old (1.2GHz) machines they beat the pants off anything else you can buy here at that price. The new system calls are irrelevant for most apps. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
