holgi@cosmic.UUCP (Holger Kollmer) (05/25/90)
In article <2754@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes: >paula@bcsaic.UUCP (Paul Allen) writes: >>In article <2683@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes: >> >>Using Bruce Evans' compiler and his kernel diffs, I built a 32-bit >>1.5.2 kernel that works as well as can be expected for 1.5.2. I've >> >>32-bit PC Minix is becoming real. I can see no reason (other than dire >>economic restrictions) to cling to the brain-dead processors of the past. > >Yea, but you had to get to the 32-bit 386 Minix before the compiler could be >even be compiled to a state where you could dink with it to get it to work >under Minix. That's the point. Unless you have a 32-bit 386 protected mode, >don't even bother messing with GNU C and it's assorted utilities. What about the 32-bit kernel. Is it going to be released on the net or what is planned. I think there are a lot of people interested in it who don't want to wait until in 1991/92 minix v2.0 arrives. -- Holger Kollmer "With a rubber duck, one's never alone." -- Douglas Adams