Re: first Linux port

"U. George" <gatgul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:31:47 -0400

I dont see how you could avoid 64bit problems. It was a 64 bit machine, 

with no inherent 32bit mode.

Who provided the "C" compiler, and asm ?

Jay Estabrook wrote:

A 32-bit port was chosen primarily to avoid 64-bit problems, given
that the current code at that time had only been run on i386. The
system ran reasonably well with SCSI drivers, though the network stack
was pretty poor and we never did get that part going.