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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:14007 comp.os.mach:3850 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!mtlookitthat Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach Subject: Porting guide -- an idea Message-ID: <94051123342922130@mtlookitthat.chi.il.us> From: Chris Hanson <chanson@mtlookitthat.chi.il.us> Date: Wed, 11 May 94 23:34:29 -0600 Distribution: world Organization: Green Dragon Creations, Inc. Reply-To: chanson@mtlookitthat.chi.il.us Keywords: port unix bsd 4.3 4.4 ucb mach cmu 3.0 mk Summary: Somebody should write a 'porting BSD' manual. X-Mailer: rnMac v1.2b Lines: 13 I have an idea which I think somebody, somewhere, might have time to implement. When somebody does a port of BSD or Mach (or any other OS) to a new or previously unsupported architecture, they should keep a detailed log of everything that needed to be done. Then they should clean up this log, and publish it on the Net. That way, we don't have thousands of posts saying "I want to port xxx to my toaster -- what do I need to do?" I know how maddening it is to try and read sources and figure it out; knowing what people before you helps things like this immensely. TTFN, Chris