Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:55:42 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> To: misc@openbsd.org, netbsd-users@netbsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of NetBSD Message-ID: <20060905065542.GB13764@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> In-Reply-To: <20060831184715.B82634@hub.org> References: <20060830232723.GU10101@multics.mit.edu> <98f5a8830608301731s2b0663e3g94b0bd32f8a06a78@mail.gmail.com> <c6d37fe0608310259k12fe629eve59e59042fcfdb4c@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.BSM.4.64L.0608311312190.8977@odem.66h.42h.de> <950621ad0608310654h78ae0023g346abd108815ae72@mail.gmail.com> <20060831110112.J82634@hub.org> <f34ca13c0608310843p4e28b57eoec2f60737c034ddb@mail.gmail.com> <20060831184715.B82634@hub.org>
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On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 06:50:00PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > > >On 31/08/06, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@freebsd.org> wrote: > > >>Just a stupid comment, but ... Linux is one kernel, multiple distributions > >>... BSD is, what, 4 kernels now? If we worked more together instead of as > >>seperate camps, it might make things a bit easier, no? > > > >Isn't there still fewer differences between *BSD operating systems > >than between different GNU/Linux distributions and kernel releases? :) > > > >>Put together a *BSD "core" ... representative from each camp and try and > >>steer the *kernel* itself towards a more common BSD ... > > > >I doubt that'll be productive -- NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD have all > >different goals... > > Even at the kernel level? Look at device drivers and vendors as one > example ... companies like adaptec have to write *one* device driver, for, > what, 50+ distributions of linux ... for us, they need to write one for > FreeBSD, one for NetBSD, one for OpenBSD, and *now* one for DragonflyBSD > ... if we had *at least* a common API for that sort of stuff, it might be > asier to get support at the vendor level, no? Are you really sure ? I see it more this way: For Linux on kernel (or device driver) level they only have to support 2 main trains: 2.4.x and 2.6.x. The 50 distributions are only a burden if it comes to the point what different shared library / Java / TCL / etc ... versions are packaged with the OS. A friend of mine doing Java development had severe issues with all that different Linux versions. But a simple kernel driver only has to honour different CPU types and the 2.4 and 2.6 tree and maybe now a development tree but am not sure on the latter ... Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 6 Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/
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