Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 13:43:17 -0700 From: Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org> To: mellon@pobox.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An IA-64 port? Message-ID: <200006042043.NAA28267@sharmas.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20000604194323.A23321@happy.checkpoint.com> References: <39393DEF.B91727B0@tpts5.seed.net.tw> <20000604111222.C47877@argon.gryphonsoft.com> <20000604194323.A23321@happy.checkpoint.com>
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In muc.lists.freebsd.hackers, you wrote: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:12:22AM -0400, Will Andrews wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 01:18:39AM +0800, Belldandy wrote: > > > Is there any effort(or at least, any thought) on making an > > > IA-64 port of FreeBSD? It seems Intel is trying to push IA-64 > > > to be 'the platform' for servers and workstations, and I think > > > FreeBSD definitely can't be left out.... > > > > Hi, > > > > Just new information for you: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> > > imported GCC 2.96 into -current's tree early this morning. The build > > succeeded on my system, so I should have a compiler with rudimentary > > (i.e. "pre-alpha") support for IA-64 once I reboot. > > Do you mean just "you" or "anyone with -current"? I thought our binutils > (e.g. gas) had no IA-64 support. Has that changed? I don't know if the gas support is public, but you can certainly get the Intel assembler for IA-64, which has been open sourced under the BSD license from developer.intel.com. It may not be of much practical use, but might help in understanding the architecture (which requires a significant effort because of its complexity). -Arun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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