Re: Portable binary modules

Michal Jaegermann (michal@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca)
Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:24:47 -0700 (MST)

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On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 Jim Nance wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 02:44:47PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > Note btw its not enough to specify if its been tested with 2.2.5 or 2.2.12
> > you also have to specify if it is egcs or gcc built. for 1 or 2gig memory
> > option and/or for SMP
>
> Yuck. I did not realize it was this bad. I knew about the SMP dependency,
> but not the others.

Oh, and once you will solve these minor points could you please explain
how I can use this module on my Alpha or any other non-x86 Linux machine?
Then I will start getting somewhat excited. Alpha SMP would be nice
as well and throw scatter/gather support into a fray (not here yet,
but it will show up "soon" :-).

Michal

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