Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce and use absolute_pointer macro

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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



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