Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 10:43:47 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: mercier@hollywood.cinenet.net (Bob Mercier) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PPC port? Message-ID: <9502131743.AA13396@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199502130816.IAA10480@hollywood.cinenet.net> from "Bob Mercier" at Feb 13, 95 08:16:11 am
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> > Is there a powerpc (prep) port of FreeBSD in the works? Is there > another list that's be more appropriate? > Is there a non Apple PPC in the works, or an Apple hardware documentation policy change? Also, PReP is a dead specification, with which Apple refused to conform. The new spec being worked on is CHiRP, and it will be much more lenient in terms of things like documenting bus interfaces for developers (the big problem with Apple) and direct memory writes for video output (one of the things that made Aplle balk at CHiRP, besides the requirement that they document their hardware). I expect that someone will eventually take apart an Apple machine to its components and XRay their ASICs (I know several someones interested in doing this, and they have the equipment). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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