The other datapoint that might, or might not, help is that
netbsd boots on nubus macs already.  The catch is that those
are 68k ones :-(

I know 0 about whether or not this is useful...

cheers

bruce

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 05:39:35PM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 13, 2005 at 06:47:50PM -0400, Michael wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > > I know, that it is also neccessary, to port NetBSD onto PPC 601
> > > and I am willing to do that, but it would take a while to get
> > > results. Of course, there is MkLinux, but I prefer to boot the
> > > system completely without the bogus Mac OS, instead of MkLinux
> > > does. That's why the first step is to simulate the hardware.
> > 
> > PPC601 support /should/ already exist in some way - if I remember
> > correctly NetBSD/prep works on some 601-based RS/6000 boxes.
> 
> Yes. My understanding is that the main issue is the lack of OF.
> 
> I think the best thing to do is use one of the Linux loaders and take the 
> OF tree it passes in and have NetBSD use that for info. So you will 
> basically make all the OF routines read out of your data tree rather than 
> calling into OF. And all the "methods" would not be there since there's no 
> OF to call into.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Bill



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