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

On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 8:01 AM Linus Torvalds
[off-list ref] 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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