[Info-vax] X86 first boot? - A Really Stupid Question

[Dave Froble]

On 3/31/2019 8:32 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 3/31/2019 7:58 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>
>> When people write drivers for Itanium VMS at the moment, what information
>> sources do they use ?
>
> Back in the day, you could purchase source listings from HP.
> I don't know if we sell them.

If you do, I bid $100 for one

>> Is the Writing OpenVMS Alpha Device Drivers in C book still the starting
>> point for Itanium ?
>
> Yes, but see below.
>
>> My copy of that book says Copyright (c) 1996 Digital Equipment
>> Corporation.
>> Is there a later version of that book ?
>
> No, that's it.  Lenny now works for Redhat.
>
>> Will the information in that book still be applicable for x86-64 VMS
>> or will there need to be (and if so, will there actually be) another
>> version of that book ?
>
> If you are writing a virtual or class driver, that book would describe
> enough
> of the VMS driver model and I/O executive to get you most of the way
> there, if
> not all the way.
>
> For a port driver, it would be a bit trickier, because there would
> likely be platform-specific issues to deal with.  I'm sort of handwaving
> a bit here, because I don't work on any port drivers, but in overhearing
> discussions from colleagues, I suspect it would be somewhat of an
> adventure.
>

I like that description ....

:-)

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