From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Jan 19 20:12:07 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA26063 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:12:07 -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 UAA26056 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:12:05 -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 XAA62078; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:17:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bright@hotjobs.com) X-Authentication-Warning: bright.fx.genx.net: bright owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:17:48 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein X-Sender: bright@bright.fx.genx.net To: John Sconiers cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sparc porting In-Reply-To: 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 On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, John Sconiers wrote: > I just came into a sparc 5 and ultra 5. I plan to use both to help port > freebsd. Two questions. > > 1. Is there a work in progress. How do I get it and start helping. barely > > 2. I know it's based on openbsd work (or so I've read) how closely > related are they. no, netbsd. netbsd has a snapshot available, however i doublt they support ultra5 (because of the PCI) the sparc5 is useful if you want to attempt a 32bit port... drivers for the PCI system are needed for netbsd and freebsd. pick a spot and start working :) -Alfred > > JOHN > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message > Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 3.0-current To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message