Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:29:04 +0200 From: Rafal Jaworowski <raj@semihalf.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single user mode on G5! Message-ID: <4885D290.20406@semihalf.com> In-Reply-To: <4884A7A6.9050806@freebsd.org> References: <48824C5A.2010805@freebsd.org> <48848144.5040609@semihalf.com> <4884A7A6.9050806@freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>> I have one very general comment regarding naming scheme, which isn't even >> strictly related to your G5 work but the existing G3/4 port too. There >> is the >> 'OEA' prefix used, which came from NetBSD, but it seems rather >> unfortunate to >> me: Operating Environment Architecure is a generic term for certain >> layer in >> PowerPC definition nomenclature, and each implementation variant of >> the CPU >> has actually its own OEA defined... I think it would be better to >> change it to >> something more meaningful. >> >> Rafal >> > How about aim(64)? It's the name of the directory for the Book-S support > anyway. We should probably also start thinking about a full 64-bit port > soon. With support for the 64-bit MMU stuff required for bridge mode, we > should end up with a lot of shared code. Sounds good. Rafal
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4885D290.20406>