Re:Will anybody save Linux on Itanium? not
by stalfosknight on Sunday November 26, 2023 @05:15PM
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Why should we save anything on Itanium?
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Re:Will anybody save Linux on Itanium? not
by seeknotfind on Sunday November 26, 2023 @05:23PM
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Given we have old binaries on old Linux installs on QEMU, couldn't say myself. It's nice to run old hardware, but at a certain point it's not power efficient anyway. Securely running things on the old hardware is about the only thing I can think.
Re:Will anybody save Linux on Itanium? not
by flyinghamster on Sunday November 26, 2023 @05:40PM
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I can't help but wonder how long it will be before we can emulate Itanium faster than the real hardware?
Re:Will anybody save Linux on Itanium? not
by gjsman-1000 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @05:21PM
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Because for some reason, Intel still made Itanium chips for the niche of the niche market all the way to 2020. Credit to Intel I suppose - even when the platform died early, they didn’t leave the few people who bought in high and dry.
But even then, why would you care when Linux 6.1 from December 2022 is a SLTS release (Super LTS), with support until 2033…