* 64bit for 9front?
@ 2011-06-07 9:21 staalmannen
2011-06-07 9:26 ` Noah Evans
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From: staalmannen @ 2011-06-07 9:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
Hi I just read about the rather interesting experimental "nix" 64-bit
plan9 kernel on 9fans.
https://bitbucket.org/npe/nix
My question is simply: would it be theoretically possible to set up
9front as 32/64 bit dual boot via a kernel choice (pcf vs nix) in the
plan9.ini?
How does plan9 64bit kernels work? Do they also support 32bit binaries
or would the 64bit directories first have to be populated?
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* Re: 64bit for 9front?
2011-06-07 9:21 64bit for 9front? staalmannen
@ 2011-06-07 9:26 ` Noah Evans
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From: Noah Evans @ 2011-06-07 9:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9front
You need a different 9load, pload(usually we use ppxeload). It's
included in the nix tree and will boot 32bit or 64bit kernels. Nix/9k
use /amd64/ binaries.
cd /sys/src; $objtype=amd64 mk installall
should work fine.
As to plan9.ini, you should just be able to set your bootfile to
/amd64/k8cpu. Here's one of mine:
bootfile=ether0!/amd64/9k8cpufs
Noah
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:21 AM, staalmannen <staal1978@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi I just read about the rather interesting experimental "nix" 64-bit
> plan9 kernel on 9fans.
>
> https://bitbucket.org/npe/nix
>
> My question is simply: would it be theoretically possible to set up
> 9front as 32/64 bit dual boot via a kernel choice (pcf vs nix) in the
> plan9.ini?
>
> How does plan9 64bit kernels work? Do they also support 32bit binaries
> or would the 64bit directories first have to be populated?
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