Re: Plan9 VM for Windows/Linux?

On 26 Nov 2002, Keith Nash wrote:

> > Does anyone know of an inexpensive architecture that would virtualize
> > notably easier than x86?  I don't think I've read of any attempts on
> > PPC, Sparc or MIPS, though someone must have tried...
>
> I remember reading that AMD's IA-64/Hammer/Opteron platform fixes some of the 
> x86's virtualisation problems.  Of course, you can't buy one yet.

  Well, the word here is that the Hammer series are "IA-64" *only* if
you want it to be.  By jumper or switch on the mainboard, you'll be
able to choose x86 mode, or native RISC.

  See Doc drool....

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