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| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn | 13 |
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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn index e0e7e4ea..9366d3ab 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn @@ -8,10 +8,15 @@ is included in the section entitled # CPU Architecture -GNU Mach current only supports the `x86` architecture. `amd64` should -- in -theory -- as well work fine in `32-bit` compatibility mode, however in practice -there are problems with the chipsets used for such processors, so that booting -on such a system won't succeed. +GNU Mach current only supports the `x86` (alias `ia32` or `i386`) architecture. + +`amd64`/`ix64` should work in `32-bit` compatibility mode. However, in practice +`amd64` systems seem to be troublesome more often than not. This is probably +related to the same (chipset-related) problems we often see with recent +machines; but it seems that amd64 ones use problematic chipsets particularily +often. So far we haven't heard of similar problems with Intel's eqivalent +`ix64` (or `EM64T` as it used to be called) -- but maybe that just means fewer +people tried running the Hurd on such machines :-) Support for running GNU Mach (and a complete GNU/Hurd system) in a [Xen](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/xen/) `domU` (again on `x86` |