Re: I2O status and Linux?

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Mon, 31 May 1999 16:23:42 -0700

Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > I2O has been opened up and Alan Cox is working on it. Note, however,
> > that although Intel likes to push it (it means *another* Intel chip in
> > each machine!) the adoption rate is really quite low.
>
> It doesnt have to be intel. There are people using PPC and ARM (non SA arm)
>
> There are lots of reasons its only just beginning to move - one of which is
> people waiting for NT5

That is true, but Intel certainly are *hoping* they'll use i960 or
StrongARM, and that seems to be the majority of I2O implementations. I
don't blame them, by the way... if I were them, I'd be pushing it, too
:)

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