[Info-vax] OpenVMS I64 V8.4-1H1 Has Shipped

Jan-Erik Soderholm jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com
Fri May 15 09:21:22 EDT 2015


Stephen Hoffman skrev den 2015-05-15 15:10:
> On 2015-05-15 11:56:30 +0000, clairgrant71 at gmail.com said:
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> On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 2:54:23 AM UTC-4, JF Mezei wrote:
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> What will be the architecture code returned by F%GETSYI("ARCH") ?
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> x86_64
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> $ write sys$output f%getsyi("ARCH")
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> %DCL-W-UNDSYM, undefined symbol - check validity and spelling
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> \F%GETSYI\
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> $ write sys$output f$getsyi("ARCH")
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> %DCL-W-IVKEYW, unrecognized keyword - check validity and spelling
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> \ARCH\
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> $ write sys$output f$getsyi("ARCH_NAME")
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> x86_64
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> $
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> But OK. So now we have something to start coding to.Not that we know all of
> the differences that we'll be coding here, beyond the obvious stuff like
> the object and binary formats...
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> Did the various associated symbols make it into V8.4-1H1; the SYI$K_ARCH_*
> stuff in $SYIDEF, et al?(Looks like $HWDEF is unmaintained or retired, too.)
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> A more general question will be the product name, if that's been decided:
> OpenVMS X86_64?OpenVMS X86?OpenVMS X64?

Maybe "OpenVMS Industry Standard 64 for x86 Servers" ?





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