Subject: Re: architecture specific kernels for sun4, sun4c, sun4m
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/06/1999 15:21:25
	NetBSD/amiga generates DRACO and AMIGA files automatically from
	GENERIC using cpp.

	I'm not sure about how that leaves GENERIC looking - I'd probably
	prefer to come up with something using grep and maybe special
	(SUN4) (SUN4C) (SUN4M) tags in comments on the appropriate
	lines...

		David/absolute

                  -=-  "Maybe god will cover up his eyes"  -=-

On Thu, 6 May 1999, Erik E. Fair wrote:

> I had a thought about the next release of NetBSD/sparc: I think we ought to
> provide SUN4, SUN4C, SUN4M kernels in addition to GENERIC in the release.
> It's a terrific achievement that NetBSD has one GENERIC kernel where it
> otherwise might have three (or four if we ever get around to sun4d), but
> that comes at an overhead cost for critical path code, plus code space
> taken up by drivers that do not exist. My concern is that removing this
> overhead means compiling a system-specific kernel, and I'm not sure the
> average NetBSD/sparc user is doing that. That's why I think we should
> provide a canned solution.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> 	Erik <fair@clock.org>
>