New unified powerpc majors file
Tim Rightnour <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:32:00 -0700 (MST)
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I have created a new unified majors file for the powerpc ports to share. = This majors file was based on the majors file from macppc. Ports can switch t= o this file by performing the following steps: 1) delete conf/majors.port 2) edit conf/files.port to point to "arch/powerpc/conf/majors.powerpc" 3) copy etc/etc.ofppc/MAKEDEV.conf to your etc/etc.port directory 4) test MAKEDEV. If you get complaints about unknown devices, you can de= lete those items from your MAKEDEV.conf file. Notes on this new majors file: macppc and sandpoint should be fully compatible with this majors file, so= there is no reason those two ports couldn't switch immediately. evbppc is mostly compatible, the gtmpsc device had to be moved, but that = is only used by the ev64260 port.. so it probably woudln't affect many users= . ofppc has already switched. As for other ports, such as mvmeppc, bebox, etc. This new majors file is= not compatible with your old majors. However, some of these ports have not r= eally had a viable release in a long time, and likely have no users. I'd like = to see as many ports as possible switch over to it, as long as the portmasters t= hink the impact will be low. I think that for mvmeppc and bebox, the impact w= ould be pretty small. I don't know how many users ibmnws really has... (I'm still debating this on prep, as prep has users, and the change is pr= etty significant to prep) --- Tim Rightnour <[email protected]> NetBSD: Free multi-architecture OS http://www.netbsd.org/ Genecys: Open Source 3D MMORPG: http://www.genecys.org/