Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 17:16:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, bwithrow@engeast.BayNetworks.COM, witr@rwwa.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD on PowerPC? Message-ID: <200003290116.RAA03103@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 Mar 2000 20:08:15 EST." <200003290108.UAA33365@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com>
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> Don't see anything about this on the web page. Is there any > activity/interest in porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC, and in > particular to embedded (non-MAC) systems? I've been pinging > "core" people about this but haven't seem to teak their interrest. Yes, there is very real interest. Are you just curious, or looking to contribute to the port? > I gather that BSDI has a powerPC port, but I'd rather use the > FreeBSD codebase rather than theirs, for a number of reasons. > Perhaps if just select portions of there code were used it > would be OK. I think you mean NetBSD, and it's traditional for us to pick up their work - you might even say that it's their job. 8) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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