forrie@morwyn.UUCP (Forrie Aldrich) (04/10/91)
Since BSD is basically a public domain implementation of UNIX, and the
src code is readily available from UUNET for downloading, etc... wouldn't
it be NICE if someone out there could develop a BSD kernel for the 3B1 so
that we could adapt the rest of the src to this machine? That way we will
be able to have FULL src code, and without the hassel of wondering.
Just a reflection, pardon me if it's too unrealistic.
Forrie
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\___ PO Box 1541 - Dover, NH 03820 ___/ n138ct@tamuts.tamu.edu (Brent Burton) (04/11/91)
Forrie basically sez:
since BSD is so available it would be nice for a port.
I've _thought_ about this, too, so I downloaded the BSD 4.3 (tahoe) dist-
ribution to my U's unix host (tamuts). Here I created a listing of the
contents of the tar file. This listing is some 66k+ bytes - there is
a _lot_ of source code here. Of course, the 8 or so megabytes of decom-
pressed source contains code for vaxes, also.
Just seeing this source file listing is intimidating. And honestly, I'm
puzzled by the sheer number of files - I don't now where to start.
However, if anyone else has noticed, Dr. Dobb's Journal started a long
series of articles back in January about porting BSD to the 386. I have
the first article only, but I think if anyone wanted to do the UPC port,
the DDJ's articles are a must.
I do not believe _I'm_ the person for this - I don't have the time, but
if I did and I had the knowledge, I'd work on this. Hmm, maybe during
the summer I'll...
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+----------------------+--------------------------+jeffrey@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Jeffrey L Bromberger) (04/11/91)
Isn't it great to be pessimistic? :-( Maybe we should have the BSD
port issue put in the FAQ list.
Forrie, I don't want this to come as a flame, but we just chewed
through another round of the "Let's do BSD" story. If you want, I can
send you some of the more relevant articles.
j
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Anywhere!{cmcl2,philabs,phri}!ccnysci!jeffreydave@galaxia.Newport.RI.US (David H. Brierley) (04/15/91)
In article <77@morwyn.UUCP> forrie@morwyn.UUCP (Forrie Aldrich) writes: >Since BSD is basically a public domain implementation of UNIX, and the >src code is readily available from UUNET for downloading, etc... wouldn't >it be NICE if someone out there could develop a BSD kernel for the 3B1 so This sounds good in theory but at the current moment only about 80 to 90 percent of BSD is freely available. If you want to build a system that only boots up 80% of the way, then go for it. The people at CSRG are working towards a totally free system but they still have a ways to go. I'm sure that if you contacted CSRG they would be more than willing to accept your help in rewriting the remaining code. I believe they have a list of utility programs that need to be rewritten. -- David H. Brierley Home: dave@galaxia.newport.ri.us; Work: dhb@quahog.ssd.ray.com Send comp.sources.3b1 submissions to comp-sources-3b1@galaxia.newport.ri.us %% Can I be excused, my brain is full. **