Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:15:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Jamie Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: m68k Support in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907201013520.2452-100000@thneed.ubergeeks.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907192103001.49371-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > website (http://www.freebsd.org/~green/FreeBSD-68k.txt). In about two > > > weeks I'll have a spare Macintosh IIsi and would like to have a run at > > > FreeBSD on it. So, to the point, where can I get it? :) > > > > I'd say that's a question for Grant Stockly, the person mentioned in > > green's web-cited message. It's certainly not part of FreeBSD and > > whether it ever will be is a matter still subject to debate. > > Isn't it more a question of whether a proper cross-build system will > be available within the time frame that m68ks aren't completely obsolete? I think it's safe to say m68k will be with us for a long, long time. Maybe not on my desktop, but it will be with us. Dont' forget about all those routers, ATM switches, palm pilots, etc. that are all m68k based. Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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