Re: sun2 and playstation2 ports to be moved into Attic
David Holland <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:06:36 +0000
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On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 05:57:54PM -0800, John Nemeth wrote: > Even if it does run, is it useful? Is there any real hardware > left that functions? According to Wikipedia max. RAM was 8 MB. Is > that useful for running modern NetBSD and semi-modern apps? Given that a sun2 kernel should be relatively small, it's enough for e.g. a mail server, firewall, or any of the other things people do with small old machines. However, that assumes one still exists somewhere. > I would add that it must support PIC. The lack of PIC support is > a major pain in the neck for many things. Especially in light of the > extremely limited amount of memory it can take. What's different between it and other m68k ports? I've never seen a clear explanation. -- David A. Holland [email protected]