On Sat, 25 Jul 1998 12:50:43 -0700 
 Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

 > Oh, nonsense.  if I compile up an entire alpha userland which uses the
 > byte load/store instructions, it'll run on an EV5 but not an EV4 (or
 > whatever the right designation is.  I haven't changed the ``default''
 > switches at all, but I've created an ``incompatible'' userland.

Right, but YOU took SPECIFIC action to do this, so you deserve to lose :-)

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