From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 17 23: 8:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8601F37B791 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:08:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id IAA14003; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 08:06:32 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA02328; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:32:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:32:12 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Steve Ames Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64bit OS? Message-ID: <20000217233211.A2274@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <200002172219.RAA22889@virtual-voodoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200002172219.RAA22889@virtual-voodoo.com>; from steve@virtual-voodoo.com on Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 05:19:21PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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