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Date:      Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:12:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org
Cc:        dfr@nlsystems.com
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <20011030221233.25215.qmail@web21104.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011030220013.Y549-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>

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hi,
thanks for the quik snippet...
is it possible if you could tell me where i can get
this 'low level' knowledge for FreeBSD...

i would very glad... i am ready to do anything for the
FreeBSD Project... even if it means learning something
from scratch...


--- Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Hiten Pandya wrote:
> 
> > hi all,
> > greetings from hiten pandya,
> > i am new to the ia-64 project... and reasonalbly
> new
> > to the freebsd project.. but i am sure i can help
> > out...
> >
> > i have downloaded all the manuals/guides/howtos
> from
> > intel's site for the ia-64...
> >
> > I have fairly good skills in C.. Perl... not an
> expert
> > though...
> >
> > is it possible if i can get some instruction on
> how i
> > can get the ia-64 source code... and how i can
> start
> > development and testing for this platform....?
> >
> > in brief.. what i mean is a guide on where i can
> from
> > here once i have joined the mailing list.. (which
> i
> > have)....
> 
> The ia64 source code is in the regular FreeBSD
> source tree which is
> available by a number of means. Your best bet is to
> start reading the
> handbook and that will explain how to get hold of
> the most recent source
> code.
> 
> Do you have any ia64 hardware to test this stuff on?
> Be warned that the
> port is in quite an early stage. In particular,
> there is no installer for
> it so you will have to bootstrap it manually. This
> is going to be hard
> unless you already have a very detailed knowledge of
> the low-level
> functioning of FreeBSD.
> 
> -- 
> Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
> 					Phone: +44 20 8348 6160
> 
> 
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=====
thanks,
regards,

Hiten Pandya
<hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>
http://www.geocities.com/hitmaster2k

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