Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:39:09 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr (Pierre Beyssac) Cc: jasone@canonware.com (Jason Evans), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Beginning SPARC port Message-ID: <24040.881807949@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:02:23 %2B0100." <19971210190223.FD42136@mars.hsc.fr>
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> That looks like a great idea to me, though I'm quite surprised that > Sun supports this since they've been desperately trying to kill SunOS > for years... You need to read the posting more carefully - this is SME, who has nothing to do with SunOS or OS decisions in general. Sun is a large company made up of many smaller companies. :) > Since NetBSD already runs quite fine on many SPARC models, maybe > it would be a good idea to consider using their code as a starting Unfortunately, not on the new Ultra AFAIK. The Ultra, being 64 bit, is going to be a rather special challenge. I've a longer reply in progress to Jason, once I've managed to wade through all the other replies first so that I don't get needlessly redundant. :) Jordan
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