Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:44:04 -0500 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Starting point? Message-ID: <6481.911483044@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Nov 1998 13:06:06 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.981118130309.408p-100000@c35486-a.frmt1.sfba.home.com>
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Stefan Molnar wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.3.96.981118130309.408p-100000@c35486-a.frmt1.sfba.home.com>: > Well, one thing is to look at the OpenBSD code for the various > devices, like the bw2, cg6, and other cards. No matter what cpu > set, except the UltraAXi and other PCI based systesms, you need > to get the SBus devices. I recomend OpenBSD over NetBSD, mainly > Theo did a large part of the sparc port of NetBSD, so the code in > OpenBSD should be more up to date. This to me says that the initial development should be done on a USPARC PCI based box. Why? All that is needed is the host -> pci bridge support code, and we get a whole slew of debugged and working PCI drivers. On the other hand, going the SBUS route, we not only have to debug SBUS bridge & support code, but also the drivers to (since I can virtually guarentee they won't work out of the box) Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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