Subject: Re: Linux emulation for SPARC?
To: None <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/31/1997 20:03:08
In article <Pine.NEB.3.96.971031114256.16367B-100000@www.duh.org> tv@pobox.com (Todd Vierling) writes:
>On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Bob Myers wrote:
>
>: I'm a "lurker" here and saw this message traffic about Linux on Sparc
>: platforms.  Just wanted to be sure that you all knew that a port is already
>: "in progress", just like netBSD and the others.
>
>I know.  I've already downloaded the Linux 2.1.61 kernel sources from
>SunSITE, and I'm just wading through them trying to figure out (with barely
>any knowledge of the SPARC instruction set) how to make a Linux
>compatibility module for NetBSD/sparc.  I've just completed the syscall
>mappings, and am now adding relevant code for a few syscalls in sparclinux
>that are not in linux/x86.
>
>Again, to mailing list readers:  if you want to devote a little time, and
>know the SPARC instruction set better than I, we can get this done in a
>minimal amount of time, since most of the Linux emulation code is written.
>Get with me if you want to participate.

Please let me know what is left to do... I can do the md portion if you'd
like...

christos