jk@plx.UUCP (jk) (01/10/85)
Has anyone out there had the "pleasure" of porting the new paging release of un*x from AT&T to 68k or 16k systems? Looking at the vax sources reveals VAST differences between it and the previous 5.2.1 release. I am VERY interested in hearing people's experiences, thoughts, comments etc. as I am about to start up several ports. Some obvious questions are a) how well separated out are the machine dependancies? b) is there any chance this is more of a "drop in" to the 5.2.1 release then an entire new port? c) how hard wired is the code to the vax map etc., i.e. what percentage of the code needs to be redesigned from scratch to bring it up on other popular architectures? I hope this info is of a general enough nature that a net discussion will ensue, otherwise please mail or phone me directly and i will summarize to net. ..!decvax!sun!plx!jk (john kullmann)