From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 28 14:28:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from webpimps.net (lgb-DSL71-cust207.mpowercom.net [208.57.71.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E3437B40B for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:28:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorldClient [127.0.0.1] by webpimps.net [127.0.0.1] with SMTP (MDaemon.v3.1.2.R) for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:25:41 -0700 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:25:41 -0700 From: "Aaron" To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Reply-To: click46@webpimps.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Darwin and FreeBSD on PPC X-Mailer: WorldClient Standard 3.1.2 X-MDRcpt-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-MDRemoteIP: 127.0.0.1 X-Return-Path: click46@webpimps.net X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20010928212833.B3E3437B40B@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG My apologies if this has been brought up before [I could not find any mention of it] Since Darwin/OS X runs on the PowerPC arch, and its mostly based on FreeBSD; then why can't most of the code be ported back to FreeBSD to speed up the PPC port? Is it Apple's license or the fact that Darwin has changed the FreeBSD kernel so drastically; or is my logic fatally flawed? Thanks for an insight. - click46 --------------------------------------------- click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message