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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:29340 comp.sys.intel:23776 comp.os.misc:3494 comp.unix.bsd:15571 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7739 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8807 comp.unix.misc:15035 comp.os.linux.development:21125 comp.os.linux.misc:31557 comp.os.linux.misc:31558 comp.os.386bsd.development:2809 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4411 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!sps1.phys.vt.edu!martinm From: martinm@sps1.phys.vt.edu (Michael B. Martin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Date: 13 Dec 1994 22:22:36 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3cl6rc$5fj@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <3cit0i$mjf@Tut.MsState.Edu> <3cjpvg$5m6@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <D0r9Mu.ILB@nl.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sps1.phys.vt.edu NNTP-Posting-User: martinm X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Turloch O'Tierney (totierne@ie.oracle.com) wrote: : I would be interested in PowerPC for Linux, I am not sure how stable the : linux PowerPC port is though :( Someone else correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall reading a post a short while back stating that the guys porting Linux to the PowerMac had a more- or-less finished kernel, but no device drivers (due to Apple not releasing the info on programming the I/O hardware). If this is true, I would say that a PowerPC (for PReP/CHRP systems) might not take too much more work (at least, I/O programming info should be available with the PReP/CHRP specs, I think). As far as stability goes, it's anybody's guess. I have no idea which version of Linux they've ported (but if I had to guess I'd say probably 1.1.0). I have no idea how hard it would be to integrate kernel changes. If you need UN*X, there's always AIX (pronounced "aches"). Personally, I'm curious about what the new OS/2 will be like, but it would definitely not by my main OS (as long as I can get some type of UN*X). Wow, look at all the cross-posts! -Michael