[Info-vax] The attempts to keep Linux on Itanium (attempt number 0x7fff_ffff)

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On Tue, 2023-11-21 at 18:36 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
> There's been another batch of moaning from some people wanting to
> keep Linux running on Itanium:
> 
> https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/21/saving_linux_on_itanium/
> 
> My question is _WHY???_ are people still wanting to run Linux on
> Itanium for goodness sake ?
> 
> Unlike other obscure architectures that Linux runs on, you can't
> even emulate Itanium systems in a full-system emulator - you need
> the actual expensive, noisy, power-hungry, etc, hardware to run it
> on.

I suspect it might be just possible to emulate the hardware on today's
machines but one would need their head examined. 
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