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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: 2025 OpenVMS =?iso-8859-1?Q?Malm=F6?= Bootcamp Agenda
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:43:12 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-25, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> It sounds like the delay of Rdb is pushing some customers
> to go elsewhere.
>

What is the current release schedule ? Have they been able to say
what the problems with completing the port might be ?

><quote>
> Porting Privileged Code Applications and Device Drivers to x86, Camiel 
> Vanderhoeven
>
> Almost all user application code should just "compile, link and run" 
> when migrating from OpenVMS on Alpha or Integrity to OpenVMS on x86. 
> However, if you're porting a program that uses privileged code or a 
> device driver, there is a good chance that you will have to make some 
> changes to your code. This session will explore what to look out for in 
> your code, and how to adapt your code to run on x86.
></quote>
>
> That must be the hard core stuff!
>

Not really as it sounds like incremental changes stuff.

Hard core would be implementing a rmmod that works on VMS. :-)

(Or implementing support for plug-in filesystems... :-) )

Simon.

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