Re: IA64: Montecito info

In article <43DD92BC.6A0DA374@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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>Question: Since that IA64 is finally going dual core, will VMS licencing
>get any changes ?

Each core will count as a CPU for licensing purposes.


>
>>From an OS point of view, I take it they will need to wait for the next
>release of VMS to support this new chip ? Or is the chip coing to be
>functionally identical to existing IA64 things and support 8.2 out of
>the box and appear like a machine with 2 separate CPUs ?

Dual-core is pretty uninteresting from an OS point of view. It just looks
like an extra CPU. VMS doesn't much care. Some other Monte features have
a bigger impact. V8.2 and V8.2-1 will run on Montecito CPUs. V8.2 might
not run well, or easily.

No new hardware is likely to be supported on V8.2. V8.2 will likely start
the end-of-support rampdown soon after V8.3 is released. V8.2 will not be
a "landing zone" release for long term support. There's little or no
reason to remain on V8.2. V8.2-1 is better, and V8.3 will be much better.

V8.2-1 is getting support for some new adapters. On a previous Montecito
timetable, support was planned for VMS V8.2-1. But the way schedules look
now, V8.3 will ship soon after Montecito; qualifying V8.2-1 on Monte is a
lot of extra work for very little benefit. So V8.2-1 will likely "work"
on Montecito (with some Monte features not available), but it probably
won't be supported.

V8.3 will support all the current VMS I64 systems, plus the subset of the
current systems that get upgraded with Monte, plus a few families of new
systems with Monte which will be shipping over the year or so.

V8.3 Alpha will likely release at the same time as V8.3 I64.
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