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Date:      Wed, 07 Jul 1999 20:03:51 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, Yann Ramin <atrus@matadore.montereyhigh.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IA64
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.56.19990707200123.00b36480@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990707120716.77528A-100000@shell-2.enteract. com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907071125170.20161-100000@matadore.montereyhigh.com>

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At 12:18 PM 7/7/99 -0500, David Scheidt wrote:

 >The documentation HP and Intel released last month didn't include 
>documentation about supervisor mode operation.  Unless they have since, 
>it would be difficult to do any real work at a kernel port.  

It's relatively easy for serious developers to get the information
from Intel -- under NDA at first, and for publication by the time
anyone can lay hands on a real processor.

Work SHOULD be in progress NOW. Otherwise, Linux will indeed
be there first.

>It is also far from obvious that IA64 will fly.

Intel hasn't had a high-end processor that flopped in 17 years.

--Brett


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