From 5bd36fdff16871eb7d06fc26cac07e7f2703432b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:33:22 +0100 Subject: IRC. --- open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn') diff --git a/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn b/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn index 797d540f..2d273ba1 100644 --- a/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_gnumach open_issue_mig]] -IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-16: +There is a `master-x86_64` GNU Mach branch. As of 2012-11-20, it only supports +the [[microkernel/mach/gnumach/ports/Xen]] platform. + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-16 it'd be really good to have a 64bit kernel, no need to care about addressing space :) @@ -34,3 +38,22 @@ IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-16: and it'd boost userland addrespace to 4GiB yes leaving time for a 64bit userland :) + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-10-03 + + youpi: just so you know in case you try the master-x86_64 with + grub + youpi: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=689509 + ok, thx + the squeeze version is fine but i had to patch the wheezy/sid one + I actually hadn't hoped to boot into 64bit directly from grub + youpi: there is code in viengoos that could be reused + i've been thinking about it for a time now + ok + the two easiest ways are 1/ the viengoos one (a -m32 object file + converted with objcopy as an embedded loader) + and 2/ establishing an identity mapping using 4x1 GB large pages + and switching to long mode, then jumping to c code to complete the + initialization + i think i'll go the second way with x15, so you'll have the two :) -- cgit v1.2.3