From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Mosberger Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:32:24 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] First Step Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org >>>>> On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 13:31:24 -0700, cfk@pacbell.net said: Charles> Gentlemen, please pardon if a newbie for a bit. I have the Charles> hp cd now with the various rpm files (NUE-1_1, NUE_FS-1, Charles> SDI-0_94 & SKI_LINU). I have a reasonable amount of Charles> experience in Linux from the x86 viewpoint, but I would Charles> like to understand IA-64. So, I would appreciate a few Charles> pointers on how to get started. Charles> Do I try to rpm install these on a X86 system, probably Charles> not. Yes, the Ski and NUE RPMS are indeed for x86 systems. Once installed, you can issue the "nue" command and that will put you in a virtual environment that looks like an IA-64 machine). Charles> I don't yet know how to get an IA-32 system up and Charles> running. Note that IA-32 is just a different name for x86. They are the same thing. Charles> Assuming I can use one of my existing computers to learn Charles> how to do IA-32 and IA-64 work, what is the series of Charles> steps. Since you already know x86, there is nothing you need to do to learn IA-32. As for IA-64: NUE and Ski will allow you to do just that. Since it's based on a simulator, it will be too slow to run complicated apps, but for learning the architecture and development and debugging, it's quite useful. We even continue to use it for Linux kernel development. --david