From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Nov 17 08:54:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA05975 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:54:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bright.fx.genx.net (bright.fx.genx.net [206.64.4.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA05908 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:54:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by bright.fx.genx.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA04807; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:56:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:56:34 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: Paolo Di Francesco cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Starting point? In-Reply-To: <19981117123657.WCV25684.fep04-svc@winworkstation> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org if we port 2.2.x we are doomed. 3.0 is the way to go. 3.0 also has a LOT more in terms of portability done from the work towards the alpha port. Still need to pick up those sparc arch books, i'll be doing that sometime this week. :) As far as availability/skills i'm not too available, but will probably spend 50% of my free time on this (which isn't a lot) What i know i can do: write sparc asm, (as soon as i get the books) wrapper libc some of the simple stuff in the low level kernel libraries i haven't done stuff with protected mode coding (page tables, iopl, etc.) but i hope to learn. Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 3.0-current On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: > 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? > > > > > Ciao Ciao > Paolo Di Francesco > _ > ->B<- All Recycled Bytes Message ... > ~ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message