Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 22:35:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Tani Hosokawa <unknown@riverstyx.net> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Yann Ramin <atrus@matadore.montereyhigh.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IA64 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907072234030.14425-100000@avarice.riverstyx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990707213420.27433B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, 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. > > Signing an NDA to work on source availabe system is silly, unless of course > Intel will let you out of it when the make documentation available to > the general public. I haven't looked into it, so I can't say anything more. Not to sound rude or anything, but don't you think permanently withholding development information for their processor would be pretty damn stupid? --- tani hosokawa river styx internet To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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