From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Oct 13 18:41:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12743 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:41:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zephyr.cybercom.net (zephyr.cybercom.net [209.21.146.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12728 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 18:41:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rhuff@cybercom.net) Received: from shell1.cybercom.net (rhuff@shell1.cybercom.net [209.21.136.6]) by zephyr.cybercom.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA08447 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:41:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rhuff@localhost) by shell1.cybercom.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA11124; Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:41:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 21:41:22 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Huff Message-Id: <199810140141.VAA11124@shell1.cybercom.net> To: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PALcode In-Reply-To: <199810140021.RAA19183@usr08.primenet.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 20.3 "Vatican City" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert writes: > CGD's point about this maybe not being important really stands or > falls based on what hardware is going to be commonly available, > and what PLA code comes loaded. As someone whose only stake is as a (very) interested potential customer ... I would accept - in fact, would prefer - moderate limitations on the hardware base if it means better internal dynamics (and by extension less grief in developing the initial and subsequent kernels, etc.). Robert Huff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message