Martin Knoblauch <Martin.Knoblauch@TeraPort.de> writes:
>> linux-2.5.5-pre1
>>
>> From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
>> Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 17:38:12 EST
>>
>>
>> This is a _huge_ patch, mainly because it includes three big pending
>> things: the ALSA merge (which is much smaller in the BK tree than in the
>> patch, because a lot of them are due to renames), merging most of x86_64,
>> and merging some PPC patches.
>>
>
> just curious :-)) Is the x86_64 stuff based/tested on real HW,
> simulators or just on the specs.
The x86-64 stuff was developed and extensivly tested - and also
demonstrated at the last show cases like LinuxWorldExpo NY ;-) - using
a software simulator. You cannot develop such a beast just with the
specs...
For more information about Linux on x86-64, check also
http://www.x86-64.org
Andreas
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Andreas Jaeger
SuSE Labs aj@suse.de
private aj@arthur.inka.de
http://www.suse.de/~aj
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