Re: Pure 64 bootloaders

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:09:01PM -0700, Joe Bob Spamtest wrote:
> ia64 runs terrible in 32 bit mode. but i suppose that because
> of the nature of ia64 it's really doing emulation anyways.
> either way, ia64 was a big disappointment to just about everyone.

ia64 also wasn't an extension on an existing 32bit design the way sparc,
ppc, mips and x86_64 have done.

Is the alpha also pure 64bit?

Of course mips is extra fun in having two 32bit formats and one 64bit
format.

Len Sorensen
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