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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!solaris.cc.vt.edu!cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu!briggs From: briggs@cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu (Allen Briggs) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: NetBSD running on PowerMacintae? Date: 19 Jun 1994 17:23:42 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech ACM Student Chapter Lines: 25 Message-ID: <2u1uuu$l0v@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <2u1tog$nl6@hearst.cac.psu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cray-ymp.acm.stuorg.vt.edu NNTP-Posting-User: briggs In article <2u1tog$nl6@hearst.cac.psu.edu> jth122@curtiss.cac.psu.edu (John Hale) writes: >Hi -- forgive me if this is in the FAQ, but the docs for NetBSD (mac/M68K) >say that it will not run on a macintosh that uses a 68040. To my knowledge, >the emulator in the PPC macs emulates this chip. Yes, the PowerMac system software emulates a 68040, but without MMU or FPU, I believe. (the 68EC040, perhaps? It doesn't really matter...) In any case, this emulation is happening at the system software level. NetBSD/Mac68k ditches the system software, so that emulation capability would be lost. Not only that, but some of the hardware (non-processor) is different in the PowerMacs. Since we're accessing that hardware directly, it doesn't have a prayer of working. Don't waste your time downloading it. >And on a realted subject, if there is any news on the PPC-Linux development There is such a beast? Good luck to them! -allen -- Allen Briggs - end killing - allen.briggs@vt.edu ** MacBSD == NetBSD/Mac ** = Over the years you swam the ocean following feelings of your own [...] = == It's a shame to have to die to put the shadow on our eyes. We don't == === want to care. Under the bridge. Over the phone. Wind on the Water. ===