From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-03-25, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >   
   > It sounds like the delay of Rdb is pushing some customers   
   > to go elsewhere.   
   >   
      
   What is the current release schedule ? Have they been able to say   
   what the problems with completing the port might be ?   
      
   >   
   > Porting Privileged Code Applications and Device Drivers to x86, Camiel   
   > Vanderhoeven   
   >   
   > Almost all user application code should just "compile, link and run"   
   > when migrating from OpenVMS on Alpha or Integrity to OpenVMS on x86.   
   > However, if you're porting a program that uses privileged code or a   
   > device driver, there is a good chance that you will have to make some   
   > changes to your code. This session will explore what to look out for in   
   > your code, and how to adapt your code to run on x86.   
   >   
   >   
   > That must be the hard core stuff!   
   >   
      
   Not really as it sounds like incremental changes stuff.   
      
   Hard core would be implementing a rmmod that works on VMS. :-)   
      
   (Or implementing support for plug-in filesystems... :-) )   
      
   Simon.   
      
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