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SuSE Submits Enhancements for AMD Hammer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-the-features-in dept.

ackthpt writes "SuSE has this press release as they are submitting enhancements to the Linux kernal particular to the AMD's x86-64 processor instruction set. Anticipated for 2.6 kernel, some enhancements may appear in 2.4, as development is only beginning on 2.5. AMD's take on the announcement as well.". nik notes that SuSE join NetBSD in having ports to Hammer. Usenix members can see the paper Wasabi's Frank van der Linden wrote about the porting effort.

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  1. Linux Kernal? by tuxzone · · Score: 2, Funny

    To straighten things out:
    Commodore machines have a kernal (Keyboard Entry Read, Network, And Link), linux has a kernel.

    To make life more complicated: if you want to run a Unix like OS on a machine with a kernal (like the c64) it is not going to be linux but lunix (http://lng.sourceforge.net/).

  2. Re:But where/when can we get a Hammer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Are Hammers available right now? If so, where can I get one?

    Yes! Your nearest hardware store should have a good selection!