Yes, you can use an emulator, but working on real hardware is always better. Emulators are designed to be used before real silicon is available. However, once silicon does become available, the work on the emulator normally slows down (or stops). Therefore, the emulator will never be as up to date as real systems
Porting is very straightforward. 1) Port to IA-32 Linux 2) Make sure your code is 64-bit clean 3) Recompile for IA-64 Linux Since most open source apps have already done. Assuming that you already have step 1 done. Steps 2 and 3 shouldn't take very long. Apache was one of the first applications ported to IA-64 Linux and it has bee running since last year. Eric Sindelar VA Linux Systems
Since access is provided through SourceForge, only open source projects are supported at this time. However, remember that porting to IA-64 Linux is very straight forward. If you are currently running on Linux, all you have to do is make sure your code is 64-bit clean and recompile.
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Intel provided the hardware. VA Linux Systems and SourceForge provided the resources to get the systems up and running. Eric Sindelar VA Linux Systems
Porting is very straightforward. 1) Port to IA-32 Linux 2) Make sure your code is 64-bit clean 3) Recompile for IA-64 Linux Since most open source apps have already done. Assuming that you already have step 1 done. Steps 2 and 3 shouldn't take very long. Apache was one of the first applications ported to IA-64 Linux and it has bee running since last year. Eric Sindelar VA Linux Systems
Since access is provided through SourceForge, only open source projects are supported at this time. However, remember that porting to IA-64 Linux is very straight forward. If you are currently running on Linux, all you have to do is make sure your code is 64-bit clean and recompile.