[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/4/2024 10:01 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 21:11:49 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> Remember, it took less time (and resources) than that to move Linux
>>>>> from 32-bit x86 to 64-bit Alpha.
>>>>
>>>> Very different task.
>>>
>>> How different? It’s exactly the same sort of thing: port an OS to a new
>>> architecture.
>>
>> If you call both a CPU and an underlying foreign OS kernel for "a new
>> architecture" then yes.
>>
>> But the reality is that it is very different.
> 
> New CPU -- check
> “underlying foreign OS kernel” -- this was about porting the same kernel
> onto a different CPU. In both cases.
> 
> So tell me again: “very different” how?

Sorry. I messed up this one.

I was not comparing "Linux port to Alpha" with "VSI actual port
of VMS to x86-64" but to "hypothetical port of VMS to being on
top of Linux kernel".

Arne