Re: [Re: [patch] Add NetBSD/hppa target]

[Tom Lane <tgl%sss.pgh.pa.us@localhost>]

Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost> writes:
> coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
>> Any reason to not use the PA 2.0 ISA?   I'm virtually certain we
>> supported the 32bit ABI running on PA 2.0 hardware in hpbsd (which is
>> where the netbsd PA code is ultimately derived from).   I'd be really
>> surprised if there's any PA1.1 hardware running anywhere, though there's
>> certainly some PA2.0 hardware out in the wild.

> I think most older 32bit workstations have 1.1 ISA ?

Sure, the question is whether anybody still cares?  Personally,
I'd be way more interested in being able to run NetBSD on my C360
(PA-8500) than the PA-7100 that's still gathering dust somewhere
around here.  I think HP stopped making the 32-bit machines around
the mid-90s.

			regards, tom lane