IA-64 users and developers/developments?

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Author: MG
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:41

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Are there (m)any IA-64 users and developers present here, or looking
onto this usenet/newsgroup?  To briefly introduce myself: I'm mostly
a VMS (as in OpenVMS) user and in terms of UNIX/-derivatives I mostly
prefer IRIX (EOL, Iam aware; but, that's not stopping me), HP-UX and
occasionally Tru64.  I do have aproximately 10+ years of experience
with various kinds of Linux though, but I'm fairly new to Gentoo.

I was wondering, how many IA-64 (Itanium) users are here?  Or, could
anyone tell me about ongoing IPF (Itanium Processor Family) systems-
oriented developments and initiatives going on?

I have a fairly modern HP Integrity rx2620 server, with dual-core
processors and what-not.  I've run into some problems, unfortunately.
(With various Linux distributions, not just Gentoo.)  I was therefore
wondering if there are perhaps any efforts, to help iron out possible
bugs and quirks here and if I perhaps could be of any assistance?

Another reason I'm inquiring is that I'm keen to try out some modern
PCI graphics adapters (like the AMD/ATi Radeon HD5450) and see if
the open source Linux driver can provide in my needs, perhaps with
full DRM/DRI support (that'd certainly be very nice).

  - MG

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