Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Aug 2000 04:38:03 +0100 | From | Derek Fawcus <> | Subject | Re: AMD aa64 architecture. |
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On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 07:04:29PM -0400, Mike A. Harris wrote: > AMD's specs for their new 64bit processor are out now, and on > http://www.sandpile.org
Have a look at the details available on AMD's web site, it seems to have the required info - assuming they don't change it before release.
While adding support now to linux is all well and good, it may be an idea to start on the tool chains first - binutils, gcc, etc since in long mode - where you'd want the kernel to run - the instruction set has had some small changes.
Also testing this lot will be interesting without hardware - the tool chain could (in theory) be checked via inspection, however I suspect there will be quite a bit of crash and burn before it goes.
DF
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