Re: Project Monterey

Robert S. Thau (rst@ai.mit.edu)
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:15:48 -0400 (EDT)


Kragen Sitaker writes:
> Intel has pledged to get 64-bit Linux working on Merced before it goes
> out the door. There are rumored to be people working on this already
> (Red Hat?) but nothing has been said for sure.

A little information about what's going on has leaked onto the public
linux-kernel mailing list. Apparently, *multiple* groups with NDA
access to IA-64 specs had started independant ports, and someone from
HP (where IA-64 originated) is trying to coordinate...

rst