On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 09:06:42AM +0100, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> There are two main cases to consider:
> 
> 1.  User wants to boot an i386 system with an amd64 kernel (and please
>     note that with the VM_TOPDOWN patch I sent on the port-amd64 list
>     yesterday, we gain 1 GB of virtual space by using COMPAT_NETBSD32
>     instead of NetBSD/i386, so it can matter in some situations).
> 
> 2.  User wants to use a limited number of i386 binaries in an amd64
>     environment.
> 
> Case 1 means we have to make the assumption COMPAT_NETBSD32 binaries
> will only see an i386 /dev (which will be the only one in the system).

For case 1, you can update the /dev with amd64 devices. Once you've done
that you can't boot a i386 kernel anymore (unless you switch /dev back)
but it is really a big issue ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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