Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 11:33:58 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Eitarou Kamo <e-kamo@trio.plala.or.jp> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and MacOS Message-ID: <7E0F1AFE-CCDC-11D8-B2DB-000D93ACEE20@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <40E676EA.3080001@trio.plala.or.jp> References: <40E1CAAD.3000303@minimum.se> <40E1CF00.2090601@netli.com> <1088557263.3528.102.camel@host-83-146-2-180.bulldogdsl.com> <72A1AE29-CA60-11D8-988E-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com> <9B616D82-CB28-11D8-9145-000D9335C6A0@yahoo.com.au> <40E40385.9030401@trio.plala.or.jp> <F694F50C-CB94-11D8-AFC7-00306544D642@mac.com> <40E4BA4E.4060007@trio.plala.or.jp> <CC369754-CC92-11D8-B156-0003933DDCFA@essenz.com> <40E676EA.3080001@trio.plala.or.jp>
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On 3 Jul 2004, at 10:05, Eitarou Kamo wrote: > Hi John and all, > > John Von Essen wrote: > >> >> Since OPENSTEP kernel had an x86 port, its not to far off to conclude >> that darwin could be run on x86 - but I think all the x86 talk was >> just hypothetical - would only happen in real life if some hardcore >> coders had alot of spare time on their hands... > > Apple will not invest it, I wonder..... > No, Apple _does_ invest the money and time to create an x86 port: http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/ That is only the kernel and command-line utilities, there's no GUI included. http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_xnu.html provides a good overview of the kernel. Apple did have a port of MacOS X to x86 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/09/02/apples_x86_os_named_sized/), I would guess they were waiting to see which CPU they were going to use after the G3, since Motorola were being a little slow in making faster PowerPC CPUs. They were considering switching to an Intel-based line; in the end they went with IBM and their PPC970, so I would think it's fairly unlikely we'll now ever see a version (of the GUI) for x86. -- Bruce Cran
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