[openbeos] Re: ideas for SoC

  • From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:43:49 +0100 CET

> On 3/21/07, François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On 3/22/07, Jonas Sundström <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Adding a third architecture does not alter the stability of the 
> > > > x86
> > > > -
> > > > or PowerPC-dependent parts, but it can help improve the machine
> > > > -
> > > > independent parts, and shake out machine-dependencies in the
> > > > supposedly machine-independent parts.
> > >
> > > Might i suggest x86-64 as a viable port? I was hoping it'd be 
> > > easier
> > > then another completely difference architecture... 8-).
> >
> > Probably. Except it *is* a completely different architecture 
> > anyway.
> > I have yet to see an x86-64 device that fits in the pocket though 
> > :)))
> >
> > François.
> >
> 
> There are 2 aspects. The core inside of the OS and the outside. x86-
> 64
> is a port but it is still a desktop. Everything we know about the

We're not talking about desktop or not here.
architecture means cpu type and peripherals, not the form factor.

François.

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