Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:54:14 +0000 From: Matthew Wilkinson <mat.wilkinson@kent.ac.uk> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there any support for the Peg II PPC hardware (planned)? Message-ID: <BD2E8BBF-9CFD-4D21-9315-324CB39F2472@kent.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20060125010214.7a84b748.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <B2AE2311-8A83-40AD-B332-FA83B14C61A5@senet.com.au> <3a108bac0601240036v657389b6x7775048fdb273973@mail.gmail.com> <20060125010214.7a84b748.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On 25 Jan 2006, at 00:02, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:36:58 +0100 > Henrik Andersen <henke.andersen@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Darren! >> I'm not a developer, but this has been up before so I'll jump in >> anyway. Support for the Pegasos is not planned or worked on at the >> moment. This is in part (or more likely only) because of the Pegasos >> different implementation of OpenFirmware. > > On the other hand, this shouldn't deter people with strong enough > motivation and access to the hardware. > Anyone (given enough motivation and time) can learn how to > implement the > necessary code for a port to a new hardware platform. > In this case, it isn't even a brand new platform, just different > intialization stage and different hardware devices. > > No, I'm not saying that this is the easiest assignment a person can > undertake. > -- > Regards, > Torfinn Ingolfsen > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I'm interested in helping out with the port, where do I start? I've never had any experience with porting an OS before. Thanks, Matt
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