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

[Robert A. Brooks]

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.

> 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.

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                  -- Rob