[Debian-ppc64-devel] IBM pSeries 650 and powerpc versus ppc64

[Sven Luther]

On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 06:53:19PM +0100, Gavin Hamill wrote:
> Hi - after some struggling I managed to get Debian sarge (well, a late
> snapshot of it..) on this 8-way IBM box using the instructions at
> 
> http://debian.gonicus.de/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-powerpc/current/pseries/install.txt
> 
> This is working quite well, but it comes with a 2.6.11 kernel without
> headers or source, so I can't compile the 'oprofile' module I
> need for some development work.
> 
> So, I stumbled on http://debian-ppc64.alioth.debian.org/ however I see
> the arch type has changed from powerpc to ppc64, so I can't simply
> install the linux-image-2.6.15 from

The etch beta1 and beta2 as well as the daily builds come with a 64bit kernel,
so you can use the normal debian archive for it.

The archive stays powerpc, but it comes with a bi-arch toolchain, and some
libraries are already recompiled for 64bit.

Friendly,

Sven Luther