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From: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Merced
In-Reply-To: <54004.930247873@zippy.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jun 24, 1999 11:11:13 am"
To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:42:40 +0200 (CEST)
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It seems Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> > 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. :)

Just get one of those Merced boxen on my table, and I'll do what I
can to make it happen...

-Søren


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