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diff --git a/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn b/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn index 74758085..dea6dd78 100644 --- a/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn @@ -12,10 +12,25 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_gnumach open_issue_mig]] There is a `master-x86_64` GNU Mach branch. As of 2012-11-20, it only supports -the [[microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/Xen]] platform. +the [[microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/Xen]] platform for now. + +What is left for initial support (32-on-64) is + + * adding 64bit boot support from grub + * implement 32/64 RPC compatibility for RPCs served by kernel. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2012-04/msg00000.html +For pure 64bit support, we need to + + * add 64bit definitions in binutils + * add 64bit definitions in gcc + * implement 64bit variants of code in glibc/sysdeps/mach/i386 and glibc/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386 + * implement 64bit variants of code in libpthread/sysdeps/i386, libpthread/sysdeps/mach/i386, libpthread/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386 + * fetch from Linux 64bit variant of code in ./pfinet/linux-src/arch/i386 and ./pfinet/linux-src/include/asm-i386 + * define the mig ABI + * bootstrap a distrib, e.g. Debian hurd-amd64 (see https://jenkins.debian.net/view/rebootstrap/job/rebootstrap_hurd-amd64_gcc7/ ) + # IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-16 <youpi> it'd be really good to have a 64bit kernel, no need to care about |