On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, J.P. Morris wrote:
> Plex86 won't do the trick since it works using the existing IA32
> architecture. Which is the broken bit. IIRC you have to use a
> special mode switch to execute IA32 code and then switch back to
> IA64, like protected mode on the 286. That is going to hurt..
>
Yes, but IA64 market is practically non-existant, while IA32 is still a
most frequently used arch and plex86 should be good for it. I think Intel
should try very good with McKinley to really push IA64.
> Bochs is a much better idea since it would run natively in IA64
> mode. This is one of the reasons I think Bochs should be supported
> more thoroughly than it seems to be :-(
>
Right, and there are Sparcs and others. I guess Kevin simply doesn't have
a time to run both projects at once. Perhaps also because pushing the
performance of bochs is probably a lot more time-consuming task cause it
requires much heavier dynamical translation than plex86. To me, plex86
looks like logical step towards future bochs.
Uhus
