From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jan 6 13:10:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA21442 for alpha-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:10:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA21429 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:10:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jb@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA09964; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 08:15:33 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199801062115.IAA09964@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Alpha port.. In-Reply-To: <19980106124822.38411@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from John-Mark Gurney at "Jan 6, 98 12:48:22 pm" To: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 08:15:33 +1100 (EST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, jim.king@mail.sstar.com, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org John-Mark Gurney wrote: > their bus_space code without modifications (if it goes well)... but > the rest of their bus code is to limiting... Have you tried getting the NetBSD bus-code designers to comment on this statement? If you send mail to cgd@netbsd.org saying "I like the bus-space design, but I'd like to see the rest of the bus interface design developed in this way....", I think you'll get a contructive response that will either confirm your direction or shoot the hot air out of your balloon. Who knows, you may be able to move NetBSD along too. Either way, it's a worthwhile thing to do. 8-) Regards, -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@netbsd.org; jb@freebsd.org CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137