Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:34:46 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Kiernan <stevek@tis.com> To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Starting point? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981119172834.25428B-100000@mufasa.va.tis.com>
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Gary Palmer wrote: > Stefan Molnar wrote in message ID > <Pine.BSF.3.96.981118130309.408p-100000@c35486-a.frmt1.sfba.home.com>: > > Well, one thing is to look at the OpenBSD code for the various > > devices, like the bw2, cg6, and other cards. No matter what cpu > > set, except the UltraAXi and other PCI based systesms, you need > > to get the SBus devices. I recomend OpenBSD over NetBSD, mainly > > Theo did a large part of the sparc port of NetBSD, so the code in > > OpenBSD should be more up to date. > > This to me says that the initial development should be done on a USPARC PCI > based box. Why? All that is needed is the host -> pci bridge support code, and > we get a whole slew of debugged and working PCI drivers. On the other hand, > going the SBUS route, we not only have to debug SBUS bridge & support code, > but also the drivers to (since I can virtually guarentee they won't work out > of the box) True, but we need to start somewhere. I have a Sparc 5 running NetBSD at home and an Ultra 1 (currently it has Solaris 2.6 on it, but I have some spare SCSI drives I can use to hack on the FreeBSD port) that I can use for development. I've done Solaris kernel-level programming and know my fair share of Sparc asm and I have books on the Sparc processor architecture. So, I'll put myself into the pool of workers when I can. We need to get tasks split up among those who want to work on things. So, whatever is immediate, I'll dive in. -- Stephen J. Kiernan kiernasj@connix.com sab@vegamuse.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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