Subject: Re: mips ports (was: pica port - when SGI ???)
To: Guenther Grau <s_grau@ira.uka.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 03/15/1996 13:49:51
On Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:27:36 +0100
Guenther Grau <s_grau@ira.uka.de> wrote:
> I don't think the m68k ports are doing this. Does anybody know why not?!
> I see that someone on the MAcC port is trying to get FPU emulation working,
> but his integration work will only work on his port, not on the others.
> I think the port masters of all the m68k ports should get together and
> work the parts out, that could be shared between the ports. After all, this
> is the area where NetBSD has it's biggest potential.
We've been trying to factor out the common m68k code ... It's a matter of
having time ... lots more of the trap and process handling can be shared,
but the subtle differences that crop up are sometimes time consuming to
resolve...
Thankfully, I have 3 m68k ports at home I can test these kinds of changes
on (hp300, sun3, mvme68k).
Don't worry ... we'll get there :-)
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