Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:32:12 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Steve Ames <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64bit OS? Message-ID: <20000217233211.A2274@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <200002172219.RAA22889@virtual-voodoo.com>; from steve@virtual-voodoo.com on Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 05:19:21PM -0500 References: <200002172219.RAA22889@virtual-voodoo.com>
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On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 05:19:21PM -0500, Steve Ames wrote: > > Just read this article: > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2440002,00.html > > Which leads to my potentially ignorant question: Where is FreeBSD > w/regards to running on the Itanium (or other 64bit chips)? FreeBSD runs very well on the Alpha, which is a 64 bit chip. There is plenty of 'vapor silicon' (as opposed to vaporware) out there, but until 64 bit chips can be bought readily in the PC world the Alpha port is the 64 bit flagship. -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands http://www.tcja.nl The FreeBSD Project: http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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