From owner-freebsd-platforms Mon Mar 10 21:18:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA27078 for platforms-outgoing; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 21:18:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA27069 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 1997 21:18:50 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA13793; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:48:12 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703110518.PAA13793@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: FAQ? In-Reply-To: <9703110450.AA29952@localhost> from Kim Shrier at "Mar 10, 97 10:50:19 pm" To: kim@tinker.com Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:48:11 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Kim Shrier stands accused of saying: > Michael Smith wrote: > > > ... If you're > >talking about porting FreeBSD _to_ the PPC, then there's a gang of mad > >platform porters that are starting to think about what has to be done > >to make FreeBSD platform-friendly. > > How would one contact this band of mad platform porters? I think you've picked a fairly good place, actually. There's various noise about the Alpha coming from Jordan, and some interest in a Mips port as well. Terry Lambert was working on the PPC code previously; I understand he was using AIX as a development platform, but had some problems with documentation suppliers screwing him around. Can you tell us a little more about your plans? Are you just looking for something to toy with, or do you have a plan of action of some sort? Which PPC plaform are you looking at targetting? What documentation do you have? Have you looked at the NetBSD port yet? > Kim Shrier -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[