Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:30:29 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: XFree86-4-Server marked NOT_FOR_ARCHS=ia64? Message-ID: <20031127053029.GA60962@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20031127052505.GA12627@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20031127042759.GA60140@xor.obsecurity.org> <20031127052505.GA12627@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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--h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:25:05PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 08:28:00PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > For some reason XFree86-4-Server is marked NOT_FOR_ARCHS=3Dia64, which > > means it cannot be built for the disc 1 packages. What is supposed to > > be going on here? Should XFree86 be depending on a different server > > port for ia64, or is this port just broken on ia64 and in need of a > > fix? >=20 > I have the necessary patches to make it build. However, there are > kernel issues that are non-trivial to fix. Those are mainly caused > by the X server accessing the hardware directly. Our VM is not > capable to provide memory mappings with specific attributes to > allow processes to access memory mapped hardware. This is needed > on ia64. >=20 > Secondly, the X server needs syscons which is too i386 centric to > be used on ia64 without porting it. The end result will invariably > be something that's kludgy and awkward. Just like on alpha and > sparc64. I'm looking at something else. OK. I guess there wasn't a whole lot of point me getting things like KDE packages built for ia64 then :) Kris --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/xYv1Wry0BWjoQKURAgM9AJ91fF2Vnr1f4n7PbnfyzmzDtMN90gCeMQqG qQvmIyaeibbf/kFaxGHi6ZU= =hN/T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF--
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