Linux vs FreeBSD

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Sat Jan 16 21:59:13 1999

Chuck wrote:
> architecture (K6-2). The goal is to have a system where every component is
> completely described such that it would be possible, given time, for
> someone to completely "know it" at the register level.

Tony replied:
> It's even more fun to know it at the gate level, or at least at the IC
> pin level.

Life isn't long enough to understand a Pentium-class processor at the gate
level. At least, not long enough to do that and other fun things as well.

Heck, I've got the prints for my KL10 and I still don't understand it
to the gate level, and it's *MUCH* simpler than a Pentium.

Of course, not having enough time to fully understand it is no excuse for
not *wanting* the gate-level drawings. But you're not going to get those
out of either Intel or AMD.
Received on Sat Jan 16 1999 - 21:59:13 GMT