From 8a9c5d9999222a62f8dd9e0b0bd84ef75e4550ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jbranso@dismail.de" Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 21:02:16 -0400 Subject: I updated the 64 bit port status. * faq/64-bit.mdwn: updated status information: libdiskfs/ext2fs deadlocks * open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn: I mentioned the status of bootstrap efforts of Debian Hurd, Alpine-Hurd, and Guix Hurd. Message-ID: <20240921010651.5189-3-jbranso@dismail.de> --- faq/64-bit.mdwn | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'faq/64-bit.mdwn') diff --git a/faq/64-bit.mdwn b/faq/64-bit.mdwn index 972aafbe..a41d215d 100644 --- a/faq/64-bit.mdwn +++ b/faq/64-bit.mdwn @@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ A 64-bit GNU/Hurd is also coming soon, progress is tracked on [[open_issues/64-bit_port]]! Hurd developers ported GNUMach to 64-bit some time ago. Then they started making significant progress -on the x86_64 userland port in Feb 2023. As of May 2023, the 64-bit -port works well enough to start all the essential Hurd servers, run -/bin/sh, establish TCP/IP connections, and compile C. We are currently building +on the x86_64 userland port in Feb 2023. As of September 2024, the +Debian hurd-amd64 port works just like the hurd-i386, except for +missing packages and more +[[bugs|https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2024-07/msg00058.html]], +namely swapping issues with rumpdisk and deadlocking issues with +libdiskfs/ext2fs. We are currently building 64-bit packages. We plan on supporting both a 32-bit and 64-bit Debian GNU/Hurd, only not both at the same time. However, there is no plan to fix the year 2038 concern on a 32-bit system. -- cgit v1.2.3