On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 8:01 AM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Oh well. I have an odd love-hate relationship with alpha. > > I think it's one of the worst architectures ever designed (memory > ordering is completely broken, and the lack of byte operations in the > original specs were a big reason for the initial problems and eventual > failure). > > But at the same time, I really did enjoy it back in the day, and it > _was_ the first port I did, and the first truly integrated kernel > architecture (the original Linux m68k port that preceded it was a > "hack up and replace" job rather than "integrate") As a side note, I loved the Alpha, too. Compared to the VMS port I was too often working on in the 90s, having Linux run on it was a joy, and for years I used my remaining older alpha boxes as firewalls, trusting in the oddity of the architecture to resist various and sundry attacks. I retired the last one well over a decade back. RIP. > > Linus -- Fixing Starlink's Latencies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9gLo6Xrwgw Dave Täht CEO, TekLibre, LLC
