Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:19:58 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert S. Sciuk" <rob@ControlQ.com> To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Freeloading FreeBSD for Free -- NOT! Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.96.971215185737.25120P-100000@fatlady.controlq.com> In-Reply-To: <199712152332.RAA15136@pluto.ops.NeoSoft.com>
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Hmmm IMHO: I see that the thread so far consists of `How do I do the FTP install' or sentiments to that effect 8-). I think the cart is squarely before the horse here ... a fair number of people are going to have to contribute before this can happen. I, myself have an IPX box that's just screaming for an uplift from SunOS 4.x -- and what better than FreeBSD?? I am certainly willing to test a reasonably stable Beta or even Alpha release for what that's worth, or perhaps port some intel code to ensure byte alignment etc is ok. Is there an authoritative voice here to indicate the current state of the project, and how we (the grateful abusers), can contribute to make this happen?? Is there a project map?? Running Kernel to start with?? I understand that OpenBSD (at least) already runs on SPARC (and others) and could serve as a base for simple device drivers, and boot code ... but I'm sure I cover known territory ... How can we help to make a SPARC equivalent to the excellent FreeBSD intel project??????? What is the current art? Cheers, Rob. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Robert S. Sciuk 1032 Howard Rd. Ph:905 632-2466 Control-Q Research Burlington, Ont. Canada Fx:905 632-7417 rob@ControlQ.com L7R 3X5 http://www.ControlQ.com
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