On Apr 11,  2:05am, Chris Rutter wrote:
> Subject: Re: speedy FP
> In message <Pine.SGI.3.96.970410171515.7671F-100000@tex.anim.dreamworks.com>
you recently said:
>
> > (dynamically linked programs should be the vast majority and those
> > would only require dropping in the FPU using libc).
>
>  Ah, yes, except for the fact that 'BSD doesn't support dynamic libraries
> (like Linux), erm, well, yet.
>
>  By the way, does anyone know anything about the FreeBSD port being done
> by Gary Partis (Cumana engineer). I went to FreeBSD's pages a while pack,
> only to find Gary's homepages in a subdirectory on the FreeBSD website.
> It said something like "work has temporarily stopped on the Acorn/ARM
> port of FreeBSD". News, anyone?

Yes. This was a joint project between Gary Partis and Simon Proven IIRC. They
started at about the same time as the RiscBSD team. I believe the project was
put on hold due to pressure of work about 2 years ago. As far as I know nothing
much has happened since.

Cheers

Rob