“The effort to port Linux to Intel Corp.’s IA-64 platform got
its first public showing at LinuxWorld here last week, as members
of Trillian, the mini-consortium charged with making Linux work
with IA-64, showed their kernel booting on a Merced simulator.
The informal session had project participants answering
questions about their progress while an understandably slow Merced
simulator booted up and executed simple commands. The first public
peek at Linux for Merced had come earlier that morning in Intel
Corp.’s keynote speech. Senior vice president Sean Maloney, aided
by chairman Andy Grove, offered just a glimpse of the Linux screen
and announced that the IA-64 Linux code would be made publicly
available in the first quarter of 2000.”
“…Trillian members are optimistic they will have Linux
available for the earliest runs of Merced machines.”