From owner-freebsd-sparc Wed Jul 14 3:39:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from tardis.patho.gen.nz (tardis.patho.gen.nz [203.97.2.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01FB414D8D for ; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 03:39:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jabley@tardis.patho.gen.nz) Received: (from jabley@localhost) by tardis.patho.gen.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA18531 for freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 22:39:02 +1200 (NZST) Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 22:39:01 +1200 From: Joe Abley To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 32-bit sparc port Message-ID: <19990714223901.A12688@patho.gen.nz> References: <19990701222536.C29967@patho.gen.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.5i In-Reply-To: <19990701222536.C29967@patho.gen.nz>; from Joe Abley on Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 10:25:36PM +1200 X-Files: the Truth is Out There Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 10:25:36PM +1200, Joe Abley wrote: > >From recent archives it looks like there's a few people with some > vintage sparc hardware to throw at a 32-bit porting attempt. Just > thought I'd throw up my hand too -- I have an IPX running OpenBSD > 2.5 on my desk at home, and there will be a SPARC Classic joining > it in the next couple of weeks. I'm still waiting for the Classic, but I'm told it should be here "soon". I've been busy trudging through FreeBSD and OpenBSD source code for the past week or so, and I think I'm beginning to get a handle on what's involved. If this turns into an abortive porting attempt, my minimum aim is to document what I find out, since I haven't been able to locate any other info on porting FreeBSD between architectures. Is anybody else actively looking at a FreeBSD port to 32-bit SPARC architectures -- or has anybody started such an effort in the past? Just trying to avoid wheel-reinvention where I can. Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message