Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:41:21 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: m <m@telerama.com> Cc: "freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD IA64 5.3/RELEASE on Compaq DL590. (boot error) Message-ID: <af709d9e3b7fef7e3ba2c3f16e9e3b3f@xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <BE310523.4E16%m@telerama.com> References: <BE310523.4E16%m@telerama.com>
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On Feb 10, 2005, at 9:33 AM, m wrote: > How "compatible" is the IA64 in 32-bit mode? > > i.e. Could I use the ida(4) driver from the i386 build, as compiled > for x86? No. The kernel and its modules/drivers run in native mode only. The ia32 emulation only applies to user programs. > or, could it simply be recompiled on IA64? That wouldn't help, because the driver is already compiled on ia64. In this case the source code needs to be fixed. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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