Re: [PATCH] * faq/64-bit.mdwn: added up to date 64-bit porting info * open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn: added up to date 64-bit porting info

[Samuel Thibault]

Hello,

I have restored some pieces which are not outdated (we still do have 32-on-64
plans, and running 32bit on 64bit hardware is still something people
have to understand possible).

Thanks,
Samuel

jbranso@dismail.de, le mer. 17 mai 2023 09:53:01 -0400, a ecrit:
> ---
>  faq/64-bit.mdwn              | 15 ++++++++-------
>  open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn |  6 +-----
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/faq/64-bit.mdwn b/faq/64-bit.mdwn
> index 2e1278cb..9c8ecc9c 100644
> --- a/faq/64-bit.mdwn
> +++ b/faq/64-bit.mdwn
> @@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
>  
>  [[!meta title="Is there a 64-bit version?"]]
>  
> -There are currently no plan for 64-bit userland for the short term, but there
> -are plans for 64-bit kernelland with 32-bit userland, which will notably 
> permit
> -to efficiently make use of more than 2 GiB memory and provide 4 GiB userland
> -addressing space. The kernel support was merged into GNU Mach, the currently
> -missing bit is the 32/64 mig translation for kernel RPCs.
> +A 64-bit GNU/Hurd is coming soon!  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 and run
> +/bin/sh.  We are currently building 64-bit packages.  We plan on
> +supporting both a 32-bit and 64-bit Debian GNU/Hurd.  However, there
> +is no plan to fix the year 2038 concern on a 32-bit system.
> +
>  
> -That being said, you can always run a 32-bit version on a 64-bit machine, it
> -just works, processes are just limited to a couple GiB available memory.
> diff --git a/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn b/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn
> index 95761828..ca30ba64 100644
> --- a/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn
> +++ b/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn
> @@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
>  
>  [[!inline pages="title(Is there a 64-bit version?)" feeds="no" raw="yes"]]
>  
> -**What is left for initial support (32-on-64) is**
> -
> -  * Fixing bugs :)
> -
> -**For pure 64bit support, we need to**
> +**For 64-bit support, we need to**
>  
>    * Fix bugs :)
>    * bootstrap a distrib
> -- 
> 2.32.0
> 
> 

-- 
Samuel
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