[comp.os.minix] MINIX on sequent

srikanth@ogccse.ogc.edu (Srikanth Kambhatla) (10/19/89)

Hi,

   I am trying to port MINIX onto the Sequent Symmetry. 
   The problem I face is that there are a few routines 
   written in VAX assembly which cannot be ported directly.

   Is anybody out there, aware of VAX to 386 cross assembler ?
   If anybody else had problems porting minix onto
   sequent, I would like to get in touch.

   srikanth

   (srikanth@cse.ogc.edu)

ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (10/20/89)

In article <5195@ogccse.ogc.edu> srikanth@ogccse.ogc.edu (Srikanth Kambhatla) writes:
>   I am trying to port MINIX onto the Sequent Symmetry. 
>   The problem I face is that there are a few routines 
>   written in VAX assembly which cannot be ported directly.

Will the person who did the VAX port (???!!!) please raise his or her hand.

As a note to the original poster, the base version of MINIX is for the
INTEL chips, and should work on a 386 without problems.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)