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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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