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

[John Dallman]

In article <fac480ada2bcf8d8aa7d32d32cfcd071fe0e0aa4.camel at munted.eu>,
alex.buell at munted.eu (Single Stage to Orbit) wrote:

> On Tue, 2023-11-21 at 18:36 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
> > 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. 

It won't happen as a commercial project, because there isn't enough need
for it to pay back the costs. 

Doing it as a hobby or volunteer project is very hard, because of the
complexity of the architecture, and the lack of people who love it. 

Overall, it won't happen. 

John