Subject: Re: SVR4 on m68k; which m68k SVR4 version?
To: Rob Healey <rhealey@norstar.com>
From: None <seebs@plethora.net>
List: current-users
Date: 04/20/1999 11:13:35
In message <ML-3.3.924624535.5758.rhealey@altair.norstar.com>, Rob Healey write
s:
>
> At the risk of reopening a 1992 flame war:
>
> Which m68k SVR4 abi are we supporting in the compat stuff?
>
> Both Amiga and Atari had differing SVR4 abi's... I actually still
> can boot Amiga UNIX SVR4 on my NetBSD/Amiga box so I could certainly
> test how the abi works; actually I can mount the partitions read-only
> and copy off what I need.
>
> Anyways, just curious what ABI spec is being used as I thought the
> m68k SVR4 abi was never really ironed out...
My understanding is that it was ironed out, but Amiga Unix ended up mildly
incompatible with it due to compiler issues.
-s