On Nov 16, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Jay Maynard wrote:
On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 03:19:14PM -0500, Adam Thornton wrote:
Note that Debian is currently 31-bit, not 64-bit (that is, s390,
but not
zSeries--there is, however, an amd64 port),
Not to mention an Alpha port, as well. I'm more than a little
surprised it
hasn't been built for s390x, although I would expect your employer
would be
one of the main forces driving such a build effort.
There's work on it (though not so much from me/us), but, well, we do
what pays the bills, and Debian hasn't really done so.
so if you want a 64-bit Linux, look elsewhere (unless you need to
address more than 2GB of core, I don't know that you'd gain anything
even on a 64-bit host, though).
Actually, running a 31-bit version would get me some speed under
Hercules,
even on an Opteron host. I had thought that the development effort had
gotten away from the 31-bit versions (which is why I've got some
reservations about getting a Multiprise).
Commercially, yeah. But, heck, even in the x86-and-pals world I'm
beginning to see 64-bit-only software.
I will be surprised if s390x is not in Etch+1.
Adam
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