From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 04:50:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B079316A4EF; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 04:50:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from pimout2-ext.prodigy.net (pimout2-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C33643D58; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 04:50:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from maul.immure.com (adsl-66-136-206-1.dsl.austtx.swbell.net [66.136.206.1])i2VCoBTa224996; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:50:11 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by maul.immure.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) id i2VCo8cd019020; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:50:08 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from luke.immure.com (luke.immure.com [10.1.132.3]) by maul.immure.com (8.12.11/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i2VCo6C6018995; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:50:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob@immure.com) Received: from luke.immure.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by luke.immure.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i2VCo6iF061008; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:50:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob@luke.immure.com) Received: (from bob@localhost) by luke.immure.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i2VCo6XJ061007; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:50:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bob) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:50:06 -0600 From: Bob Willcox To: Peter Grehan Message-ID: <20040331125006.GA60899@luke.immure.com> References: <20040327140844.GA78418@luke.immure.com> <20040329185305.GC16095@luke.immure.com> <406A7711.70703@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <406A7711.70703@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.3 on maul.immure.com cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any IBM RS/6000 port plans? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Bob Willcox List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:50:16 -0000 On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 05:45:21PM +1000, Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Bob, > > >As a followup to this previous note by me, I thought that I'd mention > >that I'm interested in this because I'm in the process of acquiring an > >IBM 7044-170 (aka 44p) system and was hoping to be able to run FreeBSD > >on it (some day:-). > > There are no plans that I know of to port to rs/6k. Feel free to give > it a go. Well, I would like to. I will need a (at least) couple of things: the time (which I think I can squeeze some in) and help on just where to start. Perhaps you or someone else could help me the second one??? :-) Thanks, Bob > > later, > > Peter. -- Bob Willcox If you do something right once, someone will ask bob@immure.com you to do it again. Austin, TX