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Date:      Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:10:58 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IA64: Back on topic
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990716190812.24956P-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990716093234.047583c0@localhost>

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On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Brett Glass wrote:

> The digression about the i860 was interesting, but let's get back to the
> topic at hand. So far, I've seen no movement toward development of a
> FreeBSD port for the IA64, even though Intel has now announced that
> hardware samples will begin to ship to vendors in Q3. Ports of Linux are

We'll see if they really do. ia64 has kept slipping. Merced may well never
see the light, with McKinley coming out instead.

It used to be samples Q1, then smaples Q2, now it is samples Q3. How about
smaples really Q4?

> already underway. Will FreeBSD be left behind? 
> 

What can we do before there is any info on the Supervisor side of the
things or before we even see a compiler that actuallt generates code for
it?

> --Brett Glass
> 

	Sander

	There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future -
	all these are just illusions.





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