From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 1/8/2025 8:26 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:   
   > On 1/8/2025 19:35, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> Question for Camiel: will you be writing the one for VMS x86-64 9.2?   
   >   
   > We do plan to put out a white paper on some X86 changes related to   
   > kernel mode   
   > I/O work.   
   >   
   > Specifically, the SVAPTE mechanism has been replaced with what we view   
   > as a cleaner   
   > mechanism for driver writers.   
      
   Which is good.   
      
   But also a bit less than a full IDS 9.2.   
      
   There are a lot of big changes between Alpha 1.5 and x86-64 9.2:   
   * the 64 bit changes in 7.x   
   * the Itanium changes in 8.x   
   * the x86-64 changes in 9.x   
      
   Obviously time is a constraint.   
      
   Arne   
      
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