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Date:      Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:25:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: x86-64 Hammer and IA64 Itainium
Message-ID:  <15069.38332.759360.177827@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104180122410.19310-100000@achilles.silby.com>
References:  <001001c0c782$5683ad80$215778d8@cx443070b> <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104180122410.19310-100000@achilles.silby.com>

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Mike Silbersack writes:
 > 
 > Once that's done, it'll probably be a matter to send a clawhammer
 > system and a large box of cheese and crackers to the guys who did the
 > freebsd alpha port.  If the architecture is actually so similar to x86,
 > it should only take them a few weekends. :)

As one of the FreeBSD/alpha porters, I must point out that I don't
know diddly-squat about low-level x86isms.  I've never even written a
line of x86 assembly.  

What's the timeframe that they're shooting for with this beast, anyway?

Drew

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