Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 19:59:47 +0100 From: "Alton, Matthew" <Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com> To: "'Don O'Neil'" <don@whtech.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Free BSD Port to new platform. (fwd) Message-ID: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF90177661C@STLABCEXG011>
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With full access to the platform specs and the cooperation of design and engineering people the project amounts to rewriting the hardware-dependent portions of the code, resolving issues like endianness, alignment.... and writing drivers for your new devices. It's a substantial project but the process is quite well-defined. The NetBSD people have a small jump here with the MIPS-specific work largely out of the way. The real issue is willingness to do the work. Why not work with all comers? If this new platform is even vaguely interesting it would be very difficult to keep hackerfolk from supplying it with a real OS for free, anyway. :-) I'd bet that you could get a different OS port done per each prototype box that you were willing to supply. This sounds very interesting. Let's do it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Don O'Neil [SMTP:don@whtech.com] > Sent: Friday, July 24, 1998 12:10 PM > To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Free BSD Port to new platform. (fwd) > > What would the process be involved in this type of port? > It has been suggested to me that I look into NetBSD instead since they > have > a MIPS port allready. > > Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Alton, Matthew <Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com> > To: 'Jan B. Koum ' <jkb@best.com>; hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> > Cc: don@whtech.com <don@whtech.com> > Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 9:40 AM > Subject: RE: Free BSD Port to new platform. (fwd) > > > >Sounds fun. Let's do it. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Jan B. Koum [SMTP:jkb@best.com] > >> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 1998 6:29 PM > >> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Cc: don@whtech.com > >> Subject: Free BSD Port to new platform. (fwd) > >> > >> > >> Hello Don, > >> > >> I am forwarding your mail to hackers mailing list where someone > >> will be able to answer your questions better. > >> > >> -- Yan > >> > >> Jan Koum jkb@best.com | "Turn up the lights; I > don't > >> want > >> www.FreeBSD.org -- The Power to Serve | to go home in the dark." > >> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:18:56 -0700 > >> From: Don O'Neil <don@whtech.com> > >> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: Free BSD Port to new platform. > >> > >> Our company is currently developing a new MIPS based > computing/gaming > >> platform. Whom do I speak with to find out the feasability of > creating > >> a > >> Free BSD port for this platform? Full platform specs will be > published > >> in > >> the coming weeks with prototypes rolling by years end. It would be > >> wonderfull to have a great OS like Free BSD available for > developers > >> and > >> enthusiasts alike. > >> > >> Don O'Neil > >> Western Horizon Technologies > >> > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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