[Info-vax] VSI: "Official 8.4-1H1 Launch"

[David Froble]

IanD wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 11:17:53 AM UTC+10, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>> On 6/2/15 6:16 PM, IanD wrote:
>>
>>> I guess to start with it will be a port to Intel with as few
>>> functional changes as necessary just to get the OS across - more major
>>> works and future based changes will come along later
>> Or you could read the roadmap and not guess quite as much:
>>
>> http://www.vmssoftware.com/pdfs/VMS_Software_Roadmap_20150224.pdf
> 

> My comments were more high level guess by myself as to the likely
> strategy of moving OpenVMS to Intel X86
> 
> The roadmap doesn't spell out the details of what aspects of the OS
> will make it over to Intel initially. I know the roadmap states
> 'Architecture Common' and that may mean everything existing moved
> forward or it may mean lowest common denominator - it's hard to know
> 
> For example, will all clustering topologies make it in the first
> release or will only the most common make it first round? Without the
> specifics, which the roadmap does not give (and I didn't expect it to
> give), I merely guessed at the likely philosophy behind how the port
> might be done
> 
> It will be interesting (actually exciting) to see an updated roadmap
> in say 6 or  even 12 months time to see the progress being made and
> hopefully to see more specific details :-)

There are two critical areas.

1) The compilers will be required.  No question.

2) The HW specific stuff will be required.  I don't see how this can be 
other than 100%.

Once those 2 areas are covered, it's likely a matter of compile, link, 
and as Steve might say, "Bob's your uncle".