[Debian-ppc64-devel] Re: Bug#263743: Call For Help - Please support the ppc64 architecture

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

> Anyway, the biarch approach will also need a 'dpkg' which supports 
> separate 64-bit ppc64 packages in the end.
> 
> What are your concerns? Do you refuse to support a native 64-bit 
> powerpc64/ppc64 port? Or do you want a different name for it?

I think there is not real point in doing so, or mostly academic, but
feel free to do it anyway. I'd rather see more efforts be put in the
biarch port for now though.

And as I wrote earlier, just beware that the compiler has to be biarch
in both cases or you'll have a hard time building kernels.

Ben.