Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 23:23:42 +1000 From: Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.org> To: Matt Johnson <matt@europa.damnsw.net> Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy <jeremiah@sherline.com>, freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hey Message-ID: <20010622232341.A59136@rafe.jeamland.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106220856500.10851-100000@europa.damnsw.net>; from matt@europa.damnsw.net on Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:59:07AM -0400 References: <000a01c0fad8$21a3b270$aa240018@cx443070b> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106220856500.10851-100000@europa.damnsw.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:59:07AM -0400, Matt Johnson wrote: > >From what I gather, the FreeBSD-ppc port is partially bootable, but > according to Benno, you need a NetBSD install to get it to compile, and > even then it's quite a ways away from being able to boot fully into > multiuser mode. No where near multiuser yet. =) > So, I think it'll be a while before any of us end-users can play around > with it, but the developers have definitely cleared some of the most major > hurdles. Well, unless you count all of the device handling code as "major", yeah. =) There's also going to be a lot of fun between reaching single-user and actually making it work, like making sure VM paging and process switching actually work. Basically the milestones I've hit so far are making the rudiments of pmap and VM initialise. I'm currently trying to get KTR and DDB working to help in further development, then I'll be working on device code. -- Benno Rice benno@FreeBSD.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjszRt0ACgkQbQx7xhW+Eg4PUQCeNDyvr85E9/zAEOpjc6McAurn ElkAn3Qpyx5lOEMFYCNinzyJ0wbSgExv =7/u9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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