From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 13 09:51:43 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id JAA09946 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:51:43 -0800 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA09940 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:51:41 -0800 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA13396; Mon, 13 Feb 95 10:43:47 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9502131743.AA13396@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: PPC port? To: mercier@hollywood.cinenet.net (Bob Mercier) Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 10:43:47 MST Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199502130816.IAA10480@hollywood.cinenet.net> from "Bob Mercier" at Feb 13, 95 08:16:11 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > 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.