David,
Yeah - messed up again. I really meant to say "NetBSD", and not "FreeBSD"
all the while.
Maybe FreeBSD would be good for my "Unibus VAX 4000" ?
: )
- Matt
At 12:43 PM 1/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>! -----Original Message-----
>! From: Matthew Sell
>!
>! From what I understand of the Linux kernel, it uses two, and
>! the i386 has
>! three modes of operation.
>!
>! Don't forget that FreeBSD already runs on the VAX, and FreeVMS (in my
>! project concept) would be an extension and implementation of
>! the existing
>! FreeBSD kernel so that it "looks and feels" like VMS.
>!
>! I also wanted this implementation of FreeBSD to use native
>! DEC filesystems
>! and operate classic DEC hardware.
>
> Poking around through NetBSD also would probably be helpful. That
>runs on 30+ architectures, and FreeBSD & NetBSD often use the same source
>code for drivers too...
>
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