Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 14:08:21 -0700 (MST) From: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com> To: John Birrell <jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, jim.king@mail.sstar.com, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha port.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980107140414.28702B-100000@roguetrader.com> In-Reply-To: <199801062023.HAA09855@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au>
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, John Birrell wrote: > Sorry, but I *still* don't see what this achieves other than further > fragmenting an already low user-base. Actually, doing the Alpha port seems to me like a great idea--simply because it forces FreeBSD to be 64bit clean. i386 is not going to be 32bit forever--infact isn't it going to 64bit with the Merced chip? Actually, isn't the Merced chip largely composed of alpha technology? Hmm, I have too many rumors bouncing around in my head and no substantiated facts... sorry. The rumor about its use of alpha technologies aside--I am about 99% sure that it is supposed to be true 64bit--so making FreeBSD 64bit clean simply is a good idea, regardless of what platform it ends up for. -Brandon
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