From owner-freebsd-sparc Wed Nov 18 07:08:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA16729 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:08:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from delphi.bsd.uchicago.edu (delphi.bsd.uchicago.edu [128.135.5.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA16721 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:08:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ecameron@delphi.bsd.uchicago.edu) Received: (from ecameron@localhost) by delphi.bsd.uchicago.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id JAA26738; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:07:57 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19981118090757.C6935@bsd.uchicago.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:07:57 -0600 From: Erik Cameron To: Chuck Youse , freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc board, and clones References: <98111809130300.02392@windsock.flyboy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <98111809130300.02392@windsock.flyboy.net>; from Chuck Youse on Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 09:11:52AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Nov 18, 1998 at 09:11:52AM -0500, Chuck Youse wrote: > While support for sun4[mcd ] is a good thing, Kapil aptly pointed out that they > really are a different architecture than the sun4u. To support both with one > kernel is possible, but cumbersome at best. Better to separate the two. One kernel is insufficient if you're not releasing source code. I mean, if we're talking about going through and isolating all of the (i386|alpha) code out of the kernel and concentrating our rewrites on that, I don't see as how (other than more coding) having separate sun4x and sun4u directories in the dist would be *that* much trouble. -e -- erik cameron -- bsd/is support services support engineer, unix frood, sysadmin, etc. ecameron@bsd.uchicago.edu -- pager #4167 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message