Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 20:54:26 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org> Cc: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>, Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/common boot.c module.c src/sys/boot/forth loader.conf src/sys/conf Makefile.alpha Makefile.i386 Makefile.pc98 kmod.mk src/share/mk bsd.own.mk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009082053170.530-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20000907123839.B85757@elvis.mu.org>
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On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Paul Saab wrote: > Jordan Hubbard (jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com) wrote: > > I'm afraid that IPv6 is something which could be worked on by anyone > > with a standard PC and some time and inclination, however. I'm still > > curious to know how someone without an IA-64 could do much of tangible > > benefit, and most folks are in that boat whether they're FreeBSD > > committers or not. Let's not forget that much of the Linux IA-64 > > port was actually done by Intel engineers. :-( > > Intel is giving away for FREE their developer manuals on the IA-64, but > Jordan is right. Who's really going to work on a port without hardware? > I can get more hardware and get it shipped to people, but I am only going > to do that for someone who is willing to work on the port. I dont want > to waste my time harrassing Intel if someone is just going to sit on > their ass once they get the machine. Any takers???? I have some code already written for this but its a long way from being ready to even compile, let alone test. I'm likely to do initial testing using a simulator anyway so I don't need hardware. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 20 8348 3944 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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