From owner-freebsd-ia64 Wed Dec 18 10:48:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DA7337B401 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:48:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from kayak.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DCAB43ED8 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:48:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.201]) by kayak.xcllnt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBIImvrT085134; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:48:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@kayak.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBIIngnt000717; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:49:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBIIngY3000716; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:49:42 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:49:41 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: socketd Cc: ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory permissions Message-ID: <20021218184941.GA617@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <200212181120.gBIBKOri018897@smtp010.tiscali.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200212181120.gBIBKOri018897@smtp010.tiscali.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 12:24:03PM +0100, socketd wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > That depends if you want or need to program in assembly. Your i386 > > assembly knowledge will not really help. > > Damn, any good ia64 websites or books? http://developer.intel.com/ Look for the SDM. > > > Ia64 is the next generation right? Meaning that intel, amd and all the > > > other will at some point stop making ia32 and move to ia64? > > > > Possibly. ia64 is not the only possible next step. > > Sort of like IPv6? > There is a lot of working going on there, but it is not > 100% wether it will be the one that replaces IPv4? I wouldn't know. I know I don't have a need for IPv6, nor for 64-bit computing. In that light, ia32 may continue to exist. > What are the alternatives to ia64? Stick with 32-bit. AMDs Hammer. Yet-another-64-bit-processor. NUMA/clustering externsions. I don't know... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message