Can you explain to us why exactly you want to run i386 instead of x86_64?
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Jack Whitham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 08:35:50PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> You are right that i386 programs won't work right now. There isn't anything >> fundamental about that, but I have to focus my efforts somewhere and that >> just >> hasn't been where yet. There are a few things that need to be set up >> differently for 32 bit programs in how certain system resources are >> initialized, but the main problem would be that 32 bit support is likely >> incomplete and virtually untested. This will definitely work eventually, but >> my >> attention is on getting the Linux kernel up in full system. If you'd like to >> try >> to get it to work yourself, I'd be happy to answer any questions you have. > > Hi, > > Thanks for your reply; I understand the situation now. > > For the time being I will look into ways to use one of the other ISAs > for my work. If this proves impossible I may well be contributing > patches for i386 support. > > For the record, the main page of the wiki could be clearer on this > point. > > Thanks, > > > -- > Jack Whitham > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > m5-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users > > _______________________________________________ m5-users mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/m5-users
