Porting to PowerPC or Sparc would be considerably more difficult, I imagine. While SME doesn't depend too much on x86 (and where it does, can easily be modified), it _is_ very much RedHat-dependent. Porting to Alpha was relatively easy because I could start from the same base (RedHat 7.1), with binaries from the same sources as x86 RedHat. Of course I still had to beat some other sources into submission before they would behave on Alpha, but that's all in the game. Porting to Sparc would be tantamount to single-handedly reviving the RedHat Sparc port: I wouldn't recommend it. The situation on the PPC end of things may be slightly more hopeful, depending on how far Linux/PPC have strayed from the RedHat path since the Linux/PPC Developers Release, which was a direct port from RedHat 6.2. But I can imagine that there would be considerable hurdles on PPC as well, not least the installer to begin with. A propos the road leading to the Alpha port: "use the source". All the source RPMS that I manhandled for this port are included in the iso. Any changes I made were made through patches to the original sources, or otherwise clearly commented and traceable.
Regards, Robert >Jan van Haarst wrote: >> >> On 4 Jun 2002 at 21:08, Robert van den Aker wrote: >> >> > An unofficial port of SME 5.1.2 to the Alpha (aka DEC Alpha, Compaq >> > Alpha, AXP) architecture is available now in my contrib area (thanks >> > to Mitel for hosting it!). Please refer to the following webpage for >> > further details (also linked from the 'Contributed HOWTO' page): >> > http://www.robert2.dds.nl/howtos/alpha-howto.html >> >> That's great ! >> >> Would you be willing to share the road that lead to this ? >> Any major pitfalls ? >> How hard would it be for someone to port SME 5.1.2 to another >> architecture (e.g. PowerPC) >> >Or perhaps a Sparc? > >-- >Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues >Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org -- -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
