From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 29 8:21: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BD9515604 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 08:21:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gmgreene@pop.mindspring.com) Received: from pop.mindspring.com (pool-209-138-43-194.bltm.grid.net [209.138.43.194]) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA32198 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:21:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <386A3724.C1BE9CF7@pop.mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 11:30:30 -0500 From: george greene Reply-To: gmgreene@mindspring.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: porting sparc,mips,powerpc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i have look at web sites for openbsd and netbsd, i know they have an offering for the processors listed above. i was wondering how one goes about starting a port to other processors / systems. i would like to try my hand at porting freebsd to different processor. how does one get started? has a port of freebsd been done for alpha and alpha motherboard for www.api-processor.com? in reading through freebsd's web site, i found the comparison section somewhere out on the web, (i believe) i really like what i read about the speed and reliability. it seems to me, whole plateforms should be developed around freebsd. i can also try to port the hp risc based workstation. i guest you can tell, i got some time on my hands. thanks, george To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message