Subject: NetBSD/mips64 possibility
To: None <port-mips@netbsd.org>
From: Burkhard Steding <bst@helios.de>
List: port-mips
Date: 01/21/1999 09:54:50
matthew green writes:
 >    
 >    Just out of curiousity, how many persons in this list do have r4000
 >    DECstation, and much how interested in LP64 version of NetBSD/pmax?
 >    It would archieve complete LP32 binary compatibility and utilize 64bit
 >    power of modern MIPS processor technology.  Please post any reply to
 >    'port-mips@netbsd.org'.
 > 
 > 
 > i'd *love* a 64bit port for my shortly-arriving /260 board.
 > 

I have a Personal DECstation 5000/50 with Ultrix 4.4 and NetBSD
1.3.2 on the same disc (on different partitions, of course). I prefer
NetBSD, because its modern, free, and with source. The hardare allows
it, so why not a LP64 version?

bst