Neale, >If you are building from scratch then you can build the nuc. libs etc. on a 32-bit >s390 system with a cross-compiler and then boot the resulting kernel in a virtual >machine.
OK, so I would on my existing s390 system ) Copy my existing system to another disk ) Cross compile binutils, gcc, glibc and kernel (description on IBM Developerworks) ) Install them on the copied disk (libraries to lib64, leave existing s390 libraries in /lib, /usr/lib) ) IPL ? ) Existing applications should run with old s390 libraries on kernel built from developerworks ? ) New compiled applications will use new s390x libraries from now on ? ) What do you mean by "boot the resulting kernel in a virtual machine" ? Andreas -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Ferguson, Neale Gesendet: Freitag, 08. Oktober 2004 17:02 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: On my way to 64 bit ? Are you building a system from scratch or moving apps from a 32-bit system to a 64-bit system? If the latter and you are staying on, for example, SLES8 then your apps should work. There is a 32-bit compatability (or 64-bit toleration) layer of code in the kernel as well as the 32-bit libs living in /usr/lib and /lib. /usr/lib64 and /lib64 contain the 64-bit stuff. If you are building from scratch then you can build the nuc. libs etc. on a 32-bit s390 system with a cross-compiler and then boot the resulting kernel in a virtual machine. Neale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
