From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 1 16:56:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA10412 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 16:56:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA10406 for ; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 16:56:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA06327; Sun, 1 Dec 1996 16:47:37 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199612020047.QAA06327@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Terry Lambert Cc: jehamby@lightside.com, mark@quickweb.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD/Alpha (was Re: COMDEX trip report) Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 16:47:37 -0800 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 1 Dec 1996 17:03:21 -0700 (MST) Terry Lambert wrote: > There is work on the PPC in the NetBSD and OpenBSD camps... and I'm not > talking about the PowerMac hosted stuff that NetBSD recently checked > into their tree, I'm talking real stuff (a Motorolla employee has been > doing the work -- it's not checked in at all as far as I know). We checked in PowerMac hosted stuff? Err, no... NetBSD/powerpc runs on any 603 or 604 with OpenFirmware (and ELF boot code; simple matter of frobbing the boot image for machines that use a different format for the boot code). Wolfgang Solfrank did the NetBSD/powerpc port, on a Firepower. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939