Re: Antwort: Re: blizzppc.device and NetBSD 1.3.2

[Markus Illenseer <markus%core.de@localhost>]

> 1.) The toolchain (gcc, as, ld, etc.) shipped with NetBSD Amiga knows how
>     to create a.out m68k binaries. It doesn't know anything about other
>     CPUs or file formats (PPC uses ELF).

 This is one question which buggered me as well. How do the other PPC
ports actually work - with ELF on a.out emulation?

> Afterwards you'll have to rework all the Zorro II/III drivers to be machine
> indepent because the CPUs are quite different.

 Well - for a start you might write them machine dependent. 

> And of course you'll need a complete new NetBSD loader for AmigaOS.

 From all of which this one is probably the easiest part.

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Markus Illenseer
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