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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. Re:It's being done!! :) by vidarh · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I believe you've misread. FreeBSD people are working on adapting a x86-64 GCC port that was done by SuSE. AMD does state on the x86-64 website that they are supporting porting work for both Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD, however.