From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 4 9:42:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from happy.checkpoint.com (happy.checkpoint.com [199.203.156.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8969A37B873 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 09:42:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mellon@pobox.com) Received: (from mellon@localhost) by happy.checkpoint.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA23341; Sun, 4 Jun 2000 19:43:23 +0300 (IDT) (envelope-from mellon@pobox.com) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 19:43:23 +0300 From: Anatoly Vorobey To: Will Andrews Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An IA-64 port? Message-ID: <20000604194323.A23321@happy.checkpoint.com> References: <39393DEF.B91727B0@tpts5.seed.net.tw> <20000604111222.C47877@argon.gryphonsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000604111222.C47877@argon.gryphonsoft.com>; from andrews@technologist.com on Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:12:22AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:12:22AM -0400, Will Andrews wrote: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 01:18:39AM +0800, Belldandy wrote: > > Is there any effort(or at least, any thought) on making an > > IA-64 port of FreeBSD? It seems Intel is trying to push IA-64 > > to be 'the platform' for servers and workstations, and I think > > FreeBSD definitely can't be left out.... > > Hi, > > Just new information for you: David O'Brien > imported GCC 2.96 into -current's tree early this morning. The build > succeeded on my system, so I should have a compiler with rudimentary > (i.e. "pre-alpha") support for IA-64 once I reboot. Do you mean just "you" or "anyone with -current"? I thought our binutils (e.g. gas) had no IA-64 support. Has that changed? -- Anatoly Vorobey, mellon@pobox.com http://pobox.com/~mellon/ "Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly" - G.K.Chesterton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message