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Date:      Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:53:12 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        oppermann@pipeline.ch (Andre Oppermann)
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ELF problems to occur
Message-ID:  <199808161253.WAA14771@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <35D6B6C7.C9ABD9C0@pipeline.ch> from Andre Oppermann at "Aug 16, 98 12:39:03 pm"

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Andre Oppermann wrote:
> John Birrell wrote:
> > 
> > Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > > Loading an ELF kernel with the new bootstrap is pretty easy.  I did it
> > > > today on the alpha.  It should be possible to use the same ELF loader for
> > > > i386 with some extra work.
> > >
> > > Was this a NetBSD ELF kernel or a FreeBSD ELF kernel?  8-).
> > 
> > FreeBSD/Alpha is now using a native kernel. I'm about to remove all the
> > NetBSD kludges from libc that provided the NetBSD syscall interface we've
> > used until now.
> 
> Pls. tell me when it's time to buy an Alpha box!

Would a FreeBSD/Alpha 3.0 release be sufficient for you to do that?

It might be called a beta release, or perhaps a snapshot.


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