Subject: Re: Question regarding source tree
To: Scott Reynolds <scottr@plexus.com>
From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 09/12/1996 09:44:31
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996 david@mono.org wrote:
> I believe /sys/dev is for device specific code which is sharable
> between architectures - ie /sys/dev/ic/z8530* is the zilog 8530
> serial code shared between the sun3, sparc & I think mac68k.
Actually, the mac68k port uses a somewhat modified version of this code,
and hence is kept in the architecture-dependent part of the source tree.
Just a minor nit; the statement is otherwise absolutely valid.
just another minor nit; the sparc doesn't use the MI zs code yet.
:-)