The NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
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TheWilliamist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Didn’t NT 3.x or 4.x run on a RISC CPU back in the day?
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
octoblade@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
Yeah, porting the kernel is the “easy” part for any OS. Its the user space and building up a software ecosystem for the new architecture that is a pain in the ass.
TheWilliamist@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
To be fair, most/all kernels are written on a hardware abstraction layer, although lot of that kernel was built off of VMS… 😂
frezik@midwest.social 1 day ago
Alpha, yes, and modern Windows has been ported to ARM.
deltapi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And MIPS too. NT 3.1, 3.5, 4.0 all saw MIPS, Alpha, and x86 releases.
thebigslime@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes it supported PPC and MIPS, which are RISC platforms.