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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD on PowerPC?
Date: 5 Jun 1995 22:48:41 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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kroll@rubihorn.in.tu-clausthal.de (Frank Kroll) wrote:
] Does anybody know if someone is working on a
] PowerPC version of NetBSD (especially Macintosh
] PPC 6100/66)? Or does the 68k version of NetBSD
] work on an PPC (emulation mode) or is going to
] work in the future?
I'm supposed to be getting a Motorolla machine soon for a port.
The Macintosh PPC is not sufficiently documented for a port to
be done. In particular, the bus and device interface needs more
documentation.
You are probably aware of MachTen from Tennon already. They use
MacOS calls at the low level. They are a hosted OS (like a DOS
emulator under UNIX) instead of a UNIX port to the Mac PPC.
The 68k emulator is insufficient, since the hardware emulation is
via the toolbox, which is native PPC code, and you would have the
same device interface problems.
The work will be done when/if Apple makes hardware docs available.
Might I suggest purchasing the Motorolla motherboard? The 604 is
hellaciously faster than the 601 anyway.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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