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Date:      Wed, 7 Jan 1998 14:08:21 -0700 (MST)
From:      Brandon Gillespie <brandon@roguetrader.com>
To:        John Birrell <jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, jim.king@mail.sstar.com, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Alpha port..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980107140414.28702B-100000@roguetrader.com>
In-Reply-To: <199801062023.HAA09855@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au>

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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, John Birrell wrote:
> Sorry, but I *still* don't see what this achieves other than further
> fragmenting an already low user-base.

Actually, doing the Alpha port seems to me like a great idea--simply
because it forces FreeBSD to be 64bit clean.  i386 is not going to be
32bit forever--infact isn't it going to 64bit with the Merced chip?
Actually, isn't the Merced chip largely composed of alpha technology?

Hmm, I have too many rumors bouncing around in my head and no
substantiated facts... sorry.  The rumor about its use of alpha
technologies aside--I am about 99% sure that it is supposed to be true
64bit--so making FreeBSD 64bit clean simply is a good idea, regardless of
what platform it ends up for.

-Brandon




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