Any interest in 64bit x86_64 port?

Hendrik Visage hvisage at envisage.co.za
Thu Dec 18 23:18:15 GMT 2003


On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 03:10:55PM -0600, Terry Chan wrote:
> Great work!
> 
> devfs is SAFE to use in kernel 2.4.x and the Lunar ISOs have been using
> devfs on all the 2.4.x kernels we've supported including 2.4.20, 2.4.22,
> 2.4.23.

*NOT* for AMD64 in 64bit mode, as corruption have been reported for it 
on 2.4.xx

Actually since 2.4.23 in AMD64/x86_64 mode, devfs is turned *OFF* in the
kernel, ie. you just can't turn it on....

for devfs on AMD64/x86_64 mode, you'll need 2.6.0-test++

Hendrik



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