In article <pine.gso.3.96.990827103350.1456c-100000.kithrup.freebsd.hack...@mission.mvnc.edu> you write: >Actually, I was reading in a newsgroup, the VMS newsgroup I think it was, >that the PA-RISC chip is on the Merced chip. Basically, Intel will sell >Merced's with the chip disabled (kind of like the math co-processor on the >486 SX's) and HP will sell it with the PA-RISC chip enabled so it can run >HP-UX.
*sigh* Look, people, the Merced WILL NOT excuse PA-RISC code directly. It will be done via emulation/translation, and only a certain particular OS will be supported (HP-UX 11, I believe they stated -- since HP-UX 11 runs almost all HP-UX 10.* applications with no problem, I am _guessing_ that this means they will continue to work). I really don't know how people get started with this. HP has _never_ stated that the chip will handle it; all they have stated is that HPUX applications will continue to be supported. I suggest you people go read comp.arch for a while; there's a fair bit of information cropping up there. For example, there's a wonderful thread going on about HP's previous experience with architecture emulation, including some interesting comments by people at HP. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
