[Nottingham] Linux, GNU, HURD, and now... Valix

[Martin]

Jim Moore wrote:
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> should be possible, x86 is essentially a RISC chip with CISC extended 
> instructions bolted on... how difficult would it be to ignore the 
> hardcoded CISC extensions? (I'm asking, I'm not a lernel programmer or a 
> programmer of any sort for that matter!)

Can we dive into the x86 microcode to get to the RISC bits?...


Now /that/ would be geekie!

Cheers,
Martin

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