Re: Pure 64 bootloaders

[David S. Miller]

From: Jim Gifford <maillist@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:42:06 -0700

> So for my question, why does a bootloader have to be 32bit?
> Anyone got 64 bit bootloaders for Sparc or x86_64 machines?

You can make SILO 64-bit, but it would just be a lot
of work and would just result in a SILO that, unlike
current SILO, would only work on UltraSPARC machines.

32-bit SILO, on the other hand, can work on any Sparc system.

There really is no advantage, and known disadvantages, to
making SILO 64-bit.
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