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From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
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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.