on 6/30/03 5:49 PM, Stephen M. Jones at smj@cirr.com wrote:

>> c) Change the m68k distribution to be be conditionally soft-float,
> 
> If this wouldn't provide to much overhead, it would seem *ok* .. however:
> 
>> d) Provide an complete alternative m68k-softfloat distribution.
> 
> This is probably the best choice .. of course, it wouldn't necessary have
> to be a new branch of the code, but just a different way of building the
> code.  Another concern is how many people would use it .. I *plan* to ..
> I've got a color classic I'd love to see running NetBSD someday.

well, powerbook owners, LCxx's owners would be happy with this.
fpu-emu support in kernel would be useful for those who can use it and need
to tackle binaries that maybe come from another machine.

-ric