Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:25:24 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Pedro F Giffuni <pfg1+@pitt.edu> Cc: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: OS portability (was: Things you learn in school) Message-ID: <20010709092524.J80862@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3B491A9E.D5392F7C@pitt.edu>; from pfg1%2B@pitt.edu on Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 07:44:46PM -0700 References: <3B478570.67B193CB@pitt.edu> <p05100302b76e6fce91c0@[194.78.241.123]> <20010709080330.G80862@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3B491A9E.D5392F7C@pitt.edu>
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On Sunday, 8 July 2001 at 19:44:46 -0700, Pedro F Giffuni wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > ... >> >> OK, let's take a look. RS/6000? Linux does, NetBSD doesn't really. >> Ultra SPARC with PCI bus? Linux does. Last time I looked, NetBSD >> didn't. S/390? Linux does, NetBSD doesn't. SMP machines? Linux >> does, NetBSD doesn't. >> >> Especially from an IBM point of view, this points very much to Linux >> as being the more portable system. I don't think anybody cares very >> much whether Linux runs on a Sun 3. >> > > Admitedly, NetBSD and Linux offer interesting features for platforms > that are already dying, but I don't think it's a real option for new > equipment. > > The problem is: how many people actually buy a new Ultra SPARC or an > IBM PPC to run Linux on it? I can't give you any feedback on SPARC, but people do, indeed, buy RS/6000s to run Linux on them. The larger RS/6000s have a VM feature which allows you to run different operating systems on different processors, so AIX and Linux can coexist on the same system at the same time. I'm currently investigating getting NetBSD or FreeBSD running on these machines. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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