No. It's just an architecture choice in the config. Because the Speakup Modified is Fedora Core based, we use rpmbuild, and therefore issue the "--target x86_64" argument to it. Sean McMahon writes: > When you build a kernel for a 64-bit system what option do you choose in the > kernel configuration to say you want to support this type of architecture? Is > 64-bit a whole seperate source tarball? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:49 AM > Subject: Re: speakup and x86_64 > > > > Hi, Deedra: > > > > My little home network server is a dual Opteron, and it's been working > > quite well for over a year now. I have had Speakup on it all along, > > until the last round of kernels. So far, we don't have Speakup working > > with the latest Fedora kernels on x86_64 yet, but we did have it with > > FC3. > > > > Deedra Waters writes: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm looking at getting ahold of a dual opteron box soon, and I'm curious > > > as to wether anyone has tried speakup with the latest kernel on an amd64 > > > box. (soon == september) > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Deedra Waters - Gentoo developer relations, accessibility and > infrastructure - > > > dmwaters at gentoo.org > > > Gentoo linux: http://www.gentoo.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to > http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
