Post, Mark K wrote:
No, he's been contradicted by the Boeblingen guys before about this. By
specifying "CONFIG_64BIT=y" or not, you can get a 64-bit or 31-bit
kernel. Otherwise my Slack/390 systems wouldn't be able to generate
31-bit 2.6 kernels, and I most certainly can.
The thing about the 2.6 kernels is that there is no separation between
"s390" and "s390x" files as there used to be. They're all in one
architecture sub-tree (s390) and can be compiled as either 31 or 64-bit.
Mark Post
Hi Mark,
that's how I remembered the previous posts from BB Dev., hence my quick
response to Jim.
I then thought that Jim wouldn't make such a post without something on
an IBM website to
back up his statement.
As IBM does not _directly_ produce, market or sell Linux, it is
interesting that they would
make _any_ statement on a webpage regarding _support_ for Linux.
It was my understanding that IBM only offered support for Redhat or
Novel zLinux, and not for the
downloadable patches per se.....
I guess you would have to be an IBM lawyer to understand what IBM can or
can't say
regarding Linux ;-)
Mark
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