Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:13:57 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Anthony Naggs <tony@ubik.demon.co.uk> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: InformationWeek: Intel Sees A 32-Bit Hole In Itanium Message-ID: <20030426171357.GD1552@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <iHaJEfAb0pq%2BIwcB@ubik.demon.co.uk> References: <20030426073334.GA85139@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030426094135.GA970@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <iHaJEfAb0pq%2BIwcB@ubik.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 02:52:11PM +0000, Anthony Naggs wrote: > In article <20030426094135.GA970@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>, Marcel Moolenaar > <marcel@xcllnt.net> writes > >On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 12:33:34AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> IA-32 Execution Layer will take 32-bit code and convert it to 64-bit > >> code that the Itanium processor can run, an Intel spokeswoman > >> says. > > > >I wonder why the conversion if ia64 can already run ia32 applications. > > Quite slow, and Intel need to address AMD64's (perceived) lower risk > migration for x86 users. Why is it *perceived*? I've seen 32-bit apps run on both. There is zero comparison which is fully usable and which is barely. > If anyone has contacts at Intel perhaps they could try to find out if > access to IA-32 EL for porting to FreeBSD would be possible. Regardless of why Intel did this, it would be good to know if it is usable.
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