[Info-vax] New VSI Community license PAK

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-10-22 kl. 23:06, skrev Dave Froble:
> On 10/22/2020 12:04 PM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> Den 2020-10-22 kl. 17:59, skrev Craig A. Berry:
>>>
>>> On 10/22/20 10:47 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>>> So the short version is:
>>>>
>>>> older Alpha => run VSI 8.4-2L1
>>>> newer Alpha & Itanium => run VSI 8.4-2L2
>>>
>>> I don't believe there is a 8.4-2L2 on Itanium.  The only reason the
>>> "L2" version exists for Alpha is for the performance boost on EV6 and
>>> later and there is no equivalent scenario on IA64.
>>>
>>
>> So:
>>
>> older Alpha & Itanium => run VSI 8.4-2L1
>> newer Alpha  => run VSI 8.4-2L2
> 
> To be precise, all Alphas will run 2L1
> 
> Only EV6 and EV7 will run 2L2, as it is compiled to use EV6 instructions 
> not available on pre-EV6 CPUs.
> 

Right...

Any Alpha & Itanium => run VSI 8.4-2L1
Newer Alpha  => run VSI 8.4-2L2