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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Waldek Hebisch   
   Re: Bootcamp   
   06 Jul 25 21:38:42   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 6 Jul 2025 12:52:22 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> No, the sheer job of reimplementing the entire kernel stack (including   
   >> custom driver support) on a new architecture was what slowed them down.   
   >> And the effort should have been avoided.   
   >   
   > There are no indicatianos of substantial reimplementation.   
      
   All previous implementations were on hardware that DEC/Compaq/HP   
   controlled. Not any more. Now they have to work on already-existing   
   hardware, that conforms to standards they don’t control.   
      
   So yes, the job of creating drivers conforming to their own proprietary   
   API for all that hardware would be quite huge.   
      
   And it should have been avoided.   
      
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