speakup and x86_64

[Janina Sajka]

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
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > 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
> >
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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