Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 12:14:44 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <TrimYourCc@NUXI.com> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the abi & hardware support Message-ID: <20010109121444.B77750@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010108191234.A88168@peorth.iteration.net>; from keichii@iteration.net on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 07:12:34PM -0600 References: <200101082315.f08NFh316673@salzburg-online.at> <20010108191234.A88168@peorth.iteration.net>
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On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 07:12:34PM -0600, Michael C . Wu wrote:
> I think that we will support whatever is at hand with the developers.
> There is no need for constant bickering over what should be supported.
> (Hint hint, bikeshed stops here. :-) )
To some degree there is -- maintainability and cleanliness of code.
Also I will not support a toolchain that produces anything other than
ELF. So if a particular Mac model needs a COFF kernel, I most likely
won't help in making that happen.
> For me, personally, I would like to support at least the G3/G4 and
> the _newer_ embedded platforms, especially PPC8420.
> This means that your junk from the garage would not be
> (at least speaking for myself) a great priority.
100% agreed.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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