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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on PPC using work from other BSD's?
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> Just curious, would any of the work done on OpenBSD be directly
> relevant to the FreeBSD PPC port for example on Pegasos?

  It could be a useful reference, but the driver model is different 
enough on FreeBSD that code would have to be significantly reworked.

later,

Peter.