Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:51:22 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>, mjacob@feral.com, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Integration of Net/OpenBSD code (was Re: your mail) Message-ID: <39A4637A.4186981B@softweyr.com> References: <98351.966803341@localhost>
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"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote:
>
> I also think the Alpha port was an important step for the project in
> that it got us 64 bit clean well before the IA64 arrived and it
> validated the concept that we could do something non-x86 based on an
> ongoing basis. For the network appliance market, a important and
> growing segment of what some of FreeBSD's core "PC interest group" is
> morphing into, we need to get onto architectures like MIPS, PowerPC
> and StrongARM and doing any sorts of non-x86 ports are good practice
> for this.
Yes, yes, yes. The order of importance varies widely, but the above
three would pretty much cover the bases. Anyone interested in doing
this kind of work full-time should contact me. Or BSDi, probably. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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