Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 31 Oct 1997 18:34:58 -0500 (EST) | From | Todd Graham Lewis <> | Subject | Re: Linux on Merced |
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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Alan Cox wrote:
> Try and also see things from Intel's point of view a little. The secrecy > around new chips is normal. Imagine what would happen if AMD got a copy > of the Merced specification and released a clone before Intel released > the original..
Also, intel has an iron-clad committment to reverse-compatibility within the x86 line. This is a good part of why they were so upset about people's discovery of the RDTSC and other hidden pentium-isms; now they have to support them until the end of time. In that environment, I would not be eager to give people a draft copy of my chip spec either.
-- Todd Graham Lewis Manager of Web Engineering MindSpring Enterprises (800) 719-4664, x2804 Linux! tlewis@mindspring.net
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