I've noticed I have quite a few x86 libs from rawhide on my x86_64 boxes. I know they're there as not everything is 64 bit native yet (such as OOo), but is there a target date for a "pure" x86_64 based version?

On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 11:04 -0400, Jeremy Katz wrote: > On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 15:47 +0100, PFJ wrote: > > I've noticed I have quite a few x86 libs from rawhide on my x86_64 > > boxes. I know they're there as not everything is 64 bit native yet (such > > as OOo), but is there a target date for a "pure" x86_64 based version? > > Not really -- one of the big advantages of x86_64 over other attempts at > new architectures is the wonderful compatibility. In fact, we're trying > to go one step further for FC6 and have a complete x86 devel environment > on x86_64. is there a plan to make a "joined" distribution that, at install time, picks the right kernel and architectures to install? That would be really neat

Thorsten Leemhuis (fedora(a)leemhuis.info) said: > Especially for Computer-Magazines and on fairs/FUNCon's where we hand > out DVD's. Having one Media that can handle both architectures would > simplify a lot of things and lower the cost. > > (Would even be better if the DVD would bundle i386, x86-64 and a i386 > Live-DVD) Probably the biggest issue is the booting of it... you'd need to pick the architecture at the boot stage, as you can't install x86_64 correctly from a ia32 kernel, as all the relevant %posts will fail.

On 5/18/06, Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora(a)leemhuis.info&gt; wrote: Am Donnerstag, den 18.05.2006, 12:41 -0400 schrieb Bill Nottingham: > Thorsten Leemhuis (fedora(a)leemhuis.info) said: > > Especially for Computer-Magazines and on fairs/FUNCon's where we hand > > out DVD's. Having one Media that can handle both architectures would > > simplify a lot of things and lower the cost. > > > > (Would even be better if the DVD would bundle i386, x86-64 and a i386 > > Live-DVD) > > Probably the biggest issue is the booting of it... you'd need to pick > the architecture at the boot stage, as you can't install x86_64 correctly > from a ia32 kernel, as all the relevant %posts will fail. Well, Suse automatically detects the proper arch in the boot-loader for some time now (you can override it, too, and install a i386 system on a x86_64 machine). Solaris also does this, boots off a i386 kernel and installs a 64bit kernel.

> you'd need to pick > the architecture at the boot stage, as you can't install x86_64 correctly > from a ia32 kernel, as all the relevant %posts will fail.

that's different. For fedora... what'd be needed is a bootloader level hack (seems SuSE already has one) and about 4 weeks of sleepless nights for Jeremy ;)