Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 01:35:06 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: unknown@riverstyx.net, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IA64 Message-ID: <199907080635.BAA29674@free.pcs> In-Reply-To: <local.mail.freebsd-chat/Pine.LNX.4.10.9907072234030.14425-100000@avarice.riverstyx.net> References: <local.mail.freebsd-chat/Pine.NEB.3.96.990707213420.27433B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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In article <local.mail.freebsd-chat/Pine.LNX.4.10.9907072234030.14425-100000@avarice.riverstyx.net> you write: >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? ``Appendix H''. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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