From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Adriano Galano" Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:23:32 +0000 Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] Linux, Itanium and PA/RISC 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 Hi Matthew and *: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 11:41:18AM +0100, Adriano Galano wrote: > > Hi all: > > > > I read that IA-64 support PA-RISC instruction mapping. > That's mean that I > > can use Linux for PA/RISC (http://www.parisc-linux.org/) in > a Itanium 2 > > computer? > > No. You certainly can't run a PA-RISC kernel on an IA64 box, > just like > you can't run an x86 kernel on an ia64 box. > Sorry for my newbie questions but: If IPF support PA-RISC mapping is not easy to "port" the PA/RISC Linux, excluding architectural changes in the chipset or booting process? How HP/UX v 11.6 could be offer compatibility between PA/RISC and Itanium 2 systems? How "exact" is the PA-RISC mapping on the IA-64 core? > -- > "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about > defeat or > victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and > thousands of dead bodies. > Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this > subject?" -- Robert Fisk Regards, -Adriano (bryam) -- Adriano M. Galano Diez System & Network Engineer http://www.satec.es Phone: (+34) 917 089 000 Sourceforge.NET Linux Kernel Foundry Guide http://sf.net/foundry/linuxkernel