The IA-64 Port

• Very different from PARISC port...

  • Large industry investment in and focus on IA-64
  • Kernel and toolchain in reasonable shape
  • Commercial distributions had a head-start, which helped when starting the Debian port

• HP already a significant contributor to IA-64 Linux

  • HP Labs hosting key contributors
    • David Mosberger
    • Stephane Eranian
  • Joint developers of the architecture with Intel