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minus-square@TheWilliamistlinkEnglish7•5 days agoDidn’t NT 3.x or 4.x run on a RISC CPU back in the day?
minus-square@thebigslimelinkEnglish8•5 days agoYes it supported PPC and MIPS, which are RISC platforms.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoThe NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoGotta say, that is the most technical picture ever posted from lemmynsfw
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 days agoYeah, porting the kernel is the “easy” part for any OS. Its the user space and building up a software ecosystem for the new architecture that is a pain in the ass.
minus-square@TheWilliamistlinkEnglish1•4 days agoTo be fair, most/all kernels are written on a hardware abstraction layer, although lot of that kernel was built off of VMS… 😂
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 days agoAlpha, yes, and modern Windows has been ported to ARM.
minus-square@deltapilinkEnglish4•5 days agoAnd MIPS too. NT 3.1, 3.5, 4.0 all saw MIPS, Alpha, and x86 releases.
Didn’t NT 3.x or 4.x run on a RISC CPU back in the day?
Yes it supported PPC and MIPS, which are RISC platforms.
The NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
Gotta say, that is the most technical picture ever posted from lemmynsfw
Yeah, porting the kernel is the “easy” part for any OS. Its the user space and building up a software ecosystem for the new architecture that is a pain in the ass.
To be fair, most/all kernels are written on a hardware abstraction layer, although lot of that kernel was built off of VMS… 😂
Alpha, yes, and modern Windows has been ported to ARM.
And MIPS too. NT 3.1, 3.5, 4.0 all saw MIPS, Alpha, and x86 releases.