FreeBSD IA64 5.3/RELEASE on Compaq DL590. (boot error)

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Feb 10, 2005, at 9:33 AM, m wrote:

> How "compatible" is the IA64 in 32-bit mode?
>
> i.e. Could I use the ida(4) driver from the i386 build, as compiled 
> for x86?

No. The kernel and its modules/drivers run in native mode only. The ia32
emulation only applies to user programs.

> or, could it simply be recompiled on IA64?

That wouldn't help, because the driver is already compiled on ia64. In
this case the source code needs to be fixed.

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  Marcel Moolenaar         USPA: A-39004          marcel at xcllnt.net