\chapter*{Assignment text}

The assignment is given as part of the project in the tenth semester
of the Master of Technology programme at the Department of Computer
and Information Science at the Faculty of Information Technology,
Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, NTNU.

The assignment text is as follows: { 
  \begin{quote}

    Up to now, most computer systems have been single architecture or
    had a very limited support for multiple architectures.  A need for
    symmetric multiarchitecture is emerging in the Linux and Free
    Software world.  The Linux kernel already supports executing
    binaries for different architectures, but support in packaging
    system and policy is still missing.  Multiarch facilitates
    migration to new architectures due to its ability to reuse legacy
    software and take advantage of new features (such as 64 bit
    support) gradually.
    
    The assignment is to design and implement prototype symmetric
    multiarch support in a Linux packaging system.
  \end{quote}

}

The assignment is given by Anders Christensen, leader of the Technical
Group at Department of Computer and Information Science.
