I han`dm't thought of that when I was reading through
the IA-64 Intel Architechture programmer's guide, but
it sounds reasonable. I'll have to get back into that
thing and look around some more.
Drew Northup, N1XIM
--- "Kevin P. Lawton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of the sessions I plan to visit at LinuxWorld
> Expo is
> "Session 23: Linux and IA64". This got me thinking
> again,
> about IA64 and virtualization of IA32 environments.
>
> From scanning through the IA64 docs awhile ago, it
> looks
> like Intel does a lot more IA32 virtualizing. Has
> anyone
> read anything interesting on this lately? Seems
> like
> there's a place for FreeMWare in the IA64 space.
>
> For running 32bit user apps written for say a 32bit
> Linux OS
> on a 64bit Linux OS, the interface is likely best
> handled
> by the 64bit Linux OS. But I'm thinking to run
> 32bit apps
> and OS code of a different type, to run code for
> which there
> is no 64bit interface yet, or to run outdated OS and
> app code,
> full virtualization would be useful. By "full
> virtualization"
> I mean that since you can't necessarily emulate a
> very
> modular system call interface, you have to model the
> whole
> system including emulation of IO devices. FreeMWare
> would fit
> this need very nicely.
>
>
> -Kevin
>
>
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