64-bit Linux status

[Alexander Leidinger]

On Tue, 01 May 2012 19:35:33 -0500 Jason Bacon <jwbacon at tds.net> wrote:

> 
> Just wondering if there is anything available in this area yet (even 
> alpha quality).

AFAIK: there is no patch available to test and nobody is working at one.

> In my present job,m I have access to a number of commercial Linux 
> products such as Matlab, Abaqus, Ansys, LS-DYNA, ...
> 
> I'd be more than happy to test them under FreeBSD if there's a 64-bit 
> linux_base available.  This would give FreeBSD a big boost in the
> area of scientific computing.

It's not just a 64-bit linux_base. First there needs to be a 64-bit
linuxulator in the kernel. See the mails in the archive of this
mailinglist for more info.


Bye,
Alexander.

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