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To: john_wilson100@excite.com
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Merced 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 24 Jun 1999 09:37:50 PDT."
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:11:13 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> Are there any plans to port FreeBSD to the IA-64 architecture when it comes
> out?  The docs have recently been released

There have been plans to do this for as long as Intel has had plans to
make the processor. :)

The question will simply come down to hardware availability and
documentation.  Once enough of us have access to both, something will
no doubt happen.

> It'll be a shame to see FreeBSD for Intel go with the last x86 processor.

Unless a meteor strikes the earth and ends all life here first, I
seriously doubt that this will happen. :)

- Jordan


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