From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Nov 17 05:41:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA12816 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:41:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from octopus.originative.co.uk (originat.demon.co.uk [158.152.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA12786 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 05:40:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@originative.co.uk) Received: by OCTOPUS with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:39:12 -0000 Message-ID: From: Paul Richards To: "'Paolo Di Francesco'" , freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Starting point? Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:39:11 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Paolo Di Francesco [mailto:paipai@tin.it] > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 1:39 PM > To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Starting point? > > > I don't know if we have to start from 2.2.7 (2.2.x) or 3.0 > version of freebsd. > Ok 3.0 is the last version, but 2.2.7 (maybe) it's more > documented (?) or more > easy to port. Someone from the freebsd-core can help us on this topic? Start from 3.0. Main reasons being, ELF, CAM and the alpha port. You'll suffer from the fact that 3.0 is still stabilising but 2.2.7 will have become old technology by the time you get anywhere with a sparc port and there'll be a considerable porting effort moving from a 2.2.7 code base to the 3.0 branches. Paul Richards Ph.D. Originative Solutions Ltd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message