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From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson)
Subject: Re: Mach Microkernel + FreeBSD + PowerMacs
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In article <4nt1i4$5ah@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Ben Cottrell <benco@ucsee.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>
>Actually, this is better suited to NetBSD than FreeBSD :-) As I understand
>the distinction, NetBSD is an extension of the original CSRG efforts--it's
>multiplatform and aims to provide a free UNIX to everyone--whereas FreeBSD
>is an optimized BSD-like OS for the PC architecture only, and works better
>than NetBSD on the PC architecture only.
>
Currently, I agree, but FreeBSD will be a limited multiplatform effort
soon... (Limited in the sense that there might be 2-3 other platforms.)

>
>As a matter of fact, there has been a discussion of porting NetBSD to
>the PowerMacs--I think the consensus is that it'll be easy, that there
>has already been a port of NetBSD to the Mach microkernel, but that
>dobody so far has really volunteered to take charge of the port.
>
There is also a port of FreeBSD to Mach -- Lites even has some very
early FreeBSD filesystem code in it.

Right now, for sure, NetBSD is farther along than EITHER FreeBSD or
Linux in the multiplatform arena.

John
dyson@freebsd.org