Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 23:59:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Youse <cyouse@artemis.syncom.net> To: "Robert D. Keys" <bsdbob@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS/2 MCA Model 80 port --- (don't laugh too hard) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980825235021.4712B-100000@artemis.syncom.net> In-Reply-To: <199808252135.RAA22043@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
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Actually, that wouldn't be terribly hard -- I remember modifying system-level code to run on MCA 286 machines. In a nutshell, the differences are numerous but largely minor (e.g., the 8259s needs to run in level-triggered mode as opposed to edge). These differences between ISA and MCA are enough to keep a stock kernel from running [properly] but shouldn't be prohibitive to change. I think I have an MCA 386SX machine sitting around somewhere. Want to give it a whirl? Chuck Youse cyouse@syncom.net On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Robert D. Keys wrote: > Although the PS/2 line is mostly a dinosaur, there are a lot of the > beasts out there. What is the potential of doing a scsi based port > to something like the model 80 line (386/16M/scsi) based upon borrowing > some of the Minix or Linux code? I am looking for something very low- > endian with no frills. Is there anyone that has done something like > that or worked in that area, or does any of the early(?) FBSD attempts > at that still exist? > > Curious, (as he says, tongue-in-cheek, but with several AIX PS/2's > wanting to get beyond the sysV flavor)...... > > Bob Keys > rdkeys@seelab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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