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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: DEC Alpha port of NetBSD
Date: 02 Dec 1995 09:57:13 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu's message of 27 Nov 1995 00:41:43 GMT
In article <49b1g7$2sm@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu (Kevin P. Neal) writes:
Richard Coleman (coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu) wrote:
: It the Alpha port a part of the main development sources, or is it
: a port separate from the main development baseline?
Allmost all of the source is in the tree, however I get the impression
that cgd maintains his own private tree and does alot of his work
there. I think he checks his stuff into the main tree on occasion,
but I bet the main tree is not the most current Alpha code out there.
I was under the impression that the stuff that was held back was
mainly just the stuff that was 64-bit specific, and would potentially
break the kernel on other (32-bit) ports.
Chris has been folding the 64-bit clean code back into the main tree
slowly and carefully, trying not to break the other ports as he does
so.
The biggest problem we have is lots of software was written with
32-bit assumptions in mind. MIT Project Athena's Zephyr, for one.
Elm for another. Tin 1.2 has a problem or two, so does pine.
Sigh.
And, many pieces of the kernel and userland utils, as well.
Fortunately, we have Chris' great Alpha dev. work to help sort all
this out.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4,
DEC PMAX (MIPS), DEC Alpha, PC532
NetBSD ports in progress: VAX, Atari 68k, others...
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