Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Apr 1997 15:06:55 -0400 (EDT) | From | Todd Graham Lewis <> | Subject | Re: Linux on PA/RISC |
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On 16 Apr 1997, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> > > > Is there any specific reason why I don't seem to be seeing any running > > > efforts to port Linux to PA/RISC? > > > > 1) HP does not document their hardware. > > It is probably better documented than the SPARC. > > The guys at Utah University had a complete port of Mach 3.0 to the > HP-PA done at least three years ago. Their Flux OS most likely still > runs on those machines.
My understanding was that a lot of this (as well as the NetBSD port) was based on the original CRSG BSD work, which was of a tenuous legal nature (encumbered). There at least is the hardware documentation which results from the Sparc clones out there, which has no analogue for the PA-RISC.
Then again, you're almost certainly more of an expert than I am; all of what I just said is 100% hearsay.
__ Todd Graham Lewis MindSpring Enterprises tlewis@mindspring.com
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