Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 17:09:24 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: kris@airnet.net, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting FreeBSD to the Mac (68K or PPC) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991006165834.37031I-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199910052116.OAA17594@usr08.primenet.com>
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On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > It wasn't that long ago that I began to think about the fact that Apple > > > had contacted the FreeBSD folks (-core, I think) about including some > > > parts into Mac OS X. For some reason, I thought about the possiblity of > > > porting FreeBSD to the "Mac" platform and was suddenly enlightened. > > > However, if Mac OS X doesn't run on 68K machines, I see no reason why we > > > can't ask for a little help in porting... > > > > > > Of course, I'm one to speak. The only Mac I own doesn't work. > > > > Look in the archives of FreeBSD-sparc on when (and how) to ask a > > commercial entity for help. > > > > The demand for freebsd that runs on 68x machines is probably low to very > > low. Especially has NetBSD has been available for some time and FreeBSD > > doesn't (AFAIK) support VME yet. > > NetBSD runs fine on my 68040 HP box. And binaries will run across > the HP/Amiga/Macintosh platforms, no problems. > > > I think a 680x0 FreeBSD port would be a neat thing; you could > easily leverage the NetBSD work for most of it. > 'Neat'? Definately. But that is mostly besides the point. > For that matter, NetBSD runs on iMacs (PPC); Doug Ambrisko uses > netbooting to boot them up occasionally around here. > > Come to think of it, Whistle has rather an "in" with I.B.M. for > things like RS/6000 and other equipment as well, these days, > seeing as I.B.M. owns us... 8-). > PPC and 68xxx are whole different worlds. PPC port would definately be nice. Esp. one supporting a wide range of different PPC processors (within the limits that these have MMU, etc.) > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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