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[Web pages:Faq updates and misc 3/5] I updated the 64 bit port status.


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Subject: [Web pages:Faq updates and misc 3/5] I updated the 64 bit port status.
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 21:02:16 -0400

* faq/64-bit.mdwn: updated status information: libdiskfs/ext2fs
deadlocks
* open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn: I mentioned  the status of bootstrap
efforts of Debian Hurd, Alpine-Hurd, and Guix Hurd.
---
 faq/64-bit.mdwn              |  9 ++++++---
 open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn | 12 +++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/faq/64-bit.mdwn b/faq/64-bit.mdwn
index 972aafbe..a41d215d 100644
--- a/faq/64-bit.mdwn
+++ b/faq/64-bit.mdwn
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ A 64-bit GNU/Hurd is also coming soon,
 progress is tracked on [[open_issues/64-bit_port]]!
 Hurd developers ported GNUMach to
 64-bit some time ago.  Then they started making significant progress
-on the x86_64 userland port in Feb 2023.  As of May 2023, the 64-bit
-port works well enough to start all the essential Hurd servers, run
-/bin/sh, establish TCP/IP connections, and compile C.  We are currently 
building
+on the x86_64 userland port in Feb 2023.  As of September 2024, the
+Debian hurd-amd64 port works just like the hurd-i386, except for
+missing packages and more
+[[bugs|https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2024-07/msg00058.html]],
+namely swapping issues with rumpdisk and deadlocking issues with
+libdiskfs/ext2fs.  We are currently building
 64-bit packages.  We plan on supporting both a 32-bit and 64-bit Debian
 GNU/Hurd, only not both at the same time.  However, there is no plan to fix the
 year 2038 concern on a 32-bit system.
diff --git a/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn b/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn
index 75756199..a5d206e5 100644
--- a/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn
+++ b/open_issues/64-bit_port.mdwn
@@ -19,11 +19,21 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
 
 **For pure 64bit support, we need to**
 
-  * bootstrap a distrib
+  * bootstrap a distribution. Debian is done. Alpine-Hurd is mostly
+    bootstrapped.  Reach out to Sergey if you are interested in an
+    Alpine-Hurd distribution with bleeding-edge software.  Reach out
+    to Guix, if you want to help them bootstrap a 64bit Hurd.
   * port gdb
   * Fix bugs :)
     * Notably it seems to be requiring at least 2G memory to boot.
 
+**Installing via the installer image**
+
+The installer appears to work in qemu.  Give it a shot!  Let us know
+how it works in real hardware!
+
+[[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-amd64/current/]]
+
 **Installing a 64bit chroot**
 
 You can use the pre-built image from 
https://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/initrd-amd64.img.gz and boot 
that.
-- 
2.45.2




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