Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 12:43:19 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Martin Minkus <diskiller@diskiller.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenBoot (was Re: Anyone out there ?) Message-ID: <3A01C3D7.AE89F7B0@softweyr.com> References: <016a01c03d9d$eb2c6950$0200000a@lan.diskiller.net> <39F5BD2D.2F978990@post.rwth-aachen.de> <009801c04336$7e45ea20$0200000a@lan.diskiller.net> <39FF5BA1.13A26A16@post.rwth-aachen.de> <002c01c043d7$eab6c4d0$0200000a@lan.diskiller.net> <20001101000835.H5844@dragon.nuxi.com> <004401c043de$c2ddf260$0200000a@lan.diskiller.net> <20001101004422.I5844@dragon.nuxi.com> <005001c043e1$669b4bd0$0200000a@lan.diskiller.net>
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Martin Minkus wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 07:05:55PM +1030, Martin Minkus wrote:
> > >
> > > Which source tree do i cvsup ? Only alpha and i386 is in the src-sys
> > > distrubution. Then again, i'm only following 4.x-stable, not -current.
> >
> > Doing any porting work using 4-stable is a waste of time. New platform
> > support can only go into -current. Which is where the OpenBoot bits will
> > land.
>
> Well naturally that makes sense.
>
> However i don't really expect the FreeBSD/sparc32 port to become an official
> port. (So its not particularly important which codebase i use; a previous
> post was recommending i use FreeBSD 2.2.7).
>
> Also as i stated in a previous post, this is mostly a learning exercise so i
> can work on the /sparc64 port if i ever get an Ultra. :). All i have is a
> Sparc10 atm, and i have to make do with this for now.
>
> Sparc64 is alot more complicated, with 32bit and 64bit kernels, and 32bit
> and 64bit userspace, or mixes between the two.
But FreeBSD/sparc64 needn't be. NetBSD has separate ports for sparc and
sparc64. Given the toolchain differences (and difficulties) this is
probably a wise decision.
--
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