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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN" [ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA ".."> <!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/ia64.sgml,v 1.1 2000/11/22 10:26:10 murray Exp $"> <!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD$">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD/IA64 Project"> <!ENTITY title "FreeBSD/x86-64 Project">
<!ENTITY email 'freebsd-ia64'> <!ENTITY email 'freebsd-hackers'>
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes; <!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
]> ]>
<!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/platforms/ia64.sgml,v 1.1 2000/11/22 10:26:10 murray Exp $ --> <!-- $FreeBSD$ -->
<html> <html>
&header; &header;
<p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to Intel's <p>This page contains information about porting FreeBSD to AMD's
upcoming IA64 architecture.</p> upcoming x86-64 ``Hammer'' architecture.</p>
<h3>Latest News</h3> <h3>Latest News</h3>
<ul> <ul>
<li><p><b>5-Nov-2000</b> <a href="mailto:marcel@freebsd.org">Marcel <li><p><b>13-April-2001</b> <a href="mailto:obrien@freebsd.org">David
Moolenaar</a> has written a web page describing the <a O'Brien</a> received the commieral Virtutech Simics-LE "VituHammer"
href="http://www.freebsd.org/~marcel/ssc.html">Simulator System Calls</a>.</p></li> x86-64 simulator in order to begin the port.</p></li>
<li><p><b>4-Oct-2000</b> <a href="mailto:dfr@freebsd.org">Doug
Rabson</a> has commited code to get FreeBSD as far as start_init()
before it dies in the simulator.</p></li>
<li><p><b>30-Sep-2000</b> <a href="mailto:dfr@freebsd.org">Doug
Rabson</a> has made a series of commits to -current with early IA64
support. The kernel will now reach the mountroot prompt. Please
follow the mailing list for more information.</p></li>
</ul> </ul>
<h3>What needs to be done</h3> <h3>What needs to be done</h3>
<p>A lot of work needs to be done on the <a <p>David O'Brien is working on modifing the AMD sponsored x86-86 GCC for
href="http://www.cygnus.com/ia64">Cygnus IA64 toolchain</a>. At the FreeBSD's needs. Anyone working on toolchain issues should coordinate
moment it looks like the various Linux camps doing IA64 development with <a href="mailto:obrien@freebsd.org">David O'Brien</a>.</p>
have splintered off without merging their respective changes back into
Cygnus' tree. Anyone working on toolchain issues should coordinate
with <a href="mailto:obrien@freebsd.org">David Obrien</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://software.hp.com/ia64linux">HP's Linux IA64 <p><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/downloads">AMD's SimNow! x86-64
simulator</a> is currently less than ideal for FreeBSD development. simulator</a> is currently less than ideal for FreeBSD development due to
<a href="mailto:marcel@freebsd.org">Marcel Moolenaar</a> is currently its slowness.</p>
working on some of these issues.</p>
<H3>FreeBSD/IA64 Specific Links</H3> <H3>FreeBSD/x86-64 Specific Links</H3>
<UL> <UL>
<LI><A HREF="mailto:freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD/IA64 mailing list</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="mailto:hackers@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD/x86-64 mailing list</A></LI>
</UL> </UL>
<H3>Other Links of Interest</H3> <H3>Other Links of Interest</H3>
<H4>IA64 Documentation</H4> <H4>x86-64 Documentation</H4>
<UL> <UL>
<li><a href="http://developer.intel.com/design/ia-64/devinfo.htm"> <li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/documentation/x86-64_overview.pdf">
Intel IA64 Architecture Reference Manuals</a></li> AMD x86-64 Architecture Specification</a></li>
<li><a href="http://developer.intel.com/software/idap/platform/server/IA64.htm"> <li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/abi.pdf">
Intel IA64 presentations and whitepapers</a></li> AMD x86-64 DRAFT Processor-specific Application Binary Interface Specification</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/documentation_folder/white_paper.pdf">
AMD x86-64 whitepaper</a></li>
</UL> </UL>
<H4>Software Tools</h4> <H4>Software Tools</h4>
<ul> <ul>
<li><a href="http://www.cygnus.com/ia64">Cygnus GNU IA64 <li><a href="http://www.x86-64.org/downloads">AMD SimNow! x86-64 Linux
Toolchain</a></li> Simulator and Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="http://software.hp.com/ia64linux">HP Linux IA64 Simulator
and Tools</a></li>
</ul> </ul>
<H4>Related Projects</H4> <H4>Related Projects</H4>
<UL> <UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.linuxia64.com">Linux / IA64</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="http://www.x86-64.org/kernel_folder/kernel">Linux / x86-64</A></LI>
</UL> </UL>
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