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minus-squareTheWilliamist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoDidn’t NT 3.x or 4.x run on a RISC CPU back in the day?
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoYes it supported PPC and MIPS, which are RISC platforms.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThe NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
minus-squareoctoblade@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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-squareTheWilliamist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoTo be fair, most/all kernels are written on a hardware abstraction layer, although lot of that kernel was built off of VMS… 😂
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoGotta say, that is the most technical picture ever posted from lemmynsfw
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoAlpha, yes, and modern Windows has been ported to ARM.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months 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.
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… 😂
Gotta say, that is the most technical picture ever posted from lemmynsfw
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.