FWIW, I think that a MIPS port may have more success than a powerpc port for the simple matter that MIPS is so well understood in academia that a decent emulator that emulates a real system can be found relatively easily, and failing that the architecture is simple enough that one, sufficiently motivated, could write a MIPS emulator to the proper specs
+1 On 18-Oct-08, at 4:52 PM, Mark Martin wrote: > [Resent for Reply-all] > > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> > wrote: > > +1 > > Except that it would be nice if somebody would make the Polaris port > functional, before starting a new port. > Also, why MIPS, not ARM? Isn't MIPS dead a bit? > > Thanks for the vote and the feedback. > > I believe the PowerPC is either lacking consensus on a platform or > lacking other resources (or both). I agree that the PowerPC has > some attractive features, but lack of a valid, available platform > and resources I think is contributing to its dormancy. I believe > that interest continues for that platform, but once Sun Labs > discontinued development support, the project seems to have gone > into hibernation. > > Someone mentioned interest in an ARM a short while ago, but in my > research, I could not find a solid, available platform that provided > enough physical resources -- namely 256MB to 512MB RAM, which I > believe would be a minimum footprint. It is my opinion that > OpenSolaris is a tough nut to crack on embedded platforms. What > makes the Movidis platform interesting is support for larger memory > footprints (8GB) and the intended markets, including web application > hosting. Use of the Octeon processor is also interesting to me, > personally. > > > %martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > emancipation-discuss mailing list > emancipation-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/emancipation-discuss
