Intel Merced: Linux bezi, NT nikoliv

[Jan Kasprzak]

Zdroj: http://www.theregister.co.uk/990826-000003.html

Podle zdroje blizkeho firme Intel ma Intel k dispozici prvni exemplare
procesoru Merced. Tyto procesory v laboratorich Intelu jsou schopny behu
pod Linuxem, zatimco NT stale jeste 64-bitovou platformu nepodporuje.

Operacni system Linux bezi v soucasne dobe na nekolika platformach
s ruznou delkou slova a ruznou endianitou. Z 64-bitovych lze zminit
napriklad UltraSparc a Alpha. Proto port Linuxu na novou 64-bitovou
platformu IA64 neni tak narocny. Na portu Linuxu na IA64 (Merced) se podili
nekolik skupin financovanych firmami HP, VA Linux Systems a dalsimi.

Linux jiz byl v minulosti uspesne odzkousen na simulovanem procesoru
Merced.

-Jan Kasprzak

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