[openfabrics-ewg] 32-bit build for ppc64 is required

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Wed Feb 14 09:05:21 PST 2007


> > Well, this is not by design: AFAIK on x86_64 both types of libraries
> > are installed.
> So, it seems to be an issue with the build script. Will talk to Vlad.
> 
> > But I still do not see how installing 32 bit binaries alongside the 64
> > bit ones is useful, and I do not think other packages provide this option,
> > so maybe we shouldn't, either.
> 
> Since we've 32bit libs with ofed-1.2, it is a benefit to have also at least
> ibutils as 32bit so that we can test if the corresponding 32bit libs work
> properly, especially the context switch path.
> Thus, please include also 32bit binaries.

Still, using non-standard hacks like bin32 does not sound like a good idea.

Maybe an option to *only* make 32 bit userspace might make sense though.
Something like --disable-32bit, --disable-64bit.

This would solve your problem, would it not?

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MST




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