From: arne@vajhoej.dk

On 1/8/2025 8:26 PM, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 1/8/2025 19:35, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> Question for Camiel: will you be writing the one for VMS x86-64 9.2?
>
> We do plan to put out a white paper on some X86 changes related to
> kernel mode
> I/O work.
>
> Specifically, the SVAPTE mechanism has been replaced with what we view
> as a cleaner
> mechanism for driver writers.

Which is good.

But also a bit less than a full IDS 9.2.

There are a lot of big changes between Alpha 1.5 and x86-64 9.2:
* the 64 bit changes in 7.x
* the Itanium changes in 8.x
* the x86-64 changes in 9.x

Obviously time is a constraint.

Arne

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