64-bit user-space on G5? Never, soonish, or unknown?

Mikael Pettersson mikpe at csd.uu.se
Thu Feb 12 18:49:17 EST 2004


On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:26:40 +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote:
>> The question is, will Linux ever support a 64-bit user-space
>> on the G5? From my reading of arch/ppc and arch/ppc64, the
>> differences seem major so I'm not holding my breath, but perhaps
>> there is hope.
>
>Its done, the more important question is when you will port perfctr
>to 970 :)

Easy: I'll start the port as soon as IBM releases relevant
documentation on the 970.

/Mikael

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