Subject: Re: speedy FP
To: None <chris@collegium.co.uk>
From: Scott Stevens <s.k.stevens@ic.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/11/1997 12:06:15
Chris Rutter writes:
> In message <Pine.SGI.3.96.970410171515.7671F-100000@tex.anim.dreamworks.com> you recently said:
>
> > (dynamically linked programs should be the vast majority and those
> > would only require dropping in the FPU using libc).
>
> Ah, yes, except for the fact that 'BSD doesn't support dynamic libraries
> (like Linux), erm, well, yet.
>
> By the way, does anyone know anything about the FreeBSD port being done
> by Gary Partis (Cumana engineer).
Alsystems/PowerTec...
> I went to FreeBSD's pages a while pack,
> only to find Gary's homepages in a subdirectory on the FreeBSD website.
I think you're thinking of Gary Palmer.
> It said something like "work has temporarily stopped on the Acorn/ARM
> port of FreeBSD". News, anyone?
Ask Gary (Palmer) that is...
> Cheers,
> Chris.
Cheers Scott
--
Scott Stevens, Network Services Group, Computer Centre, Imperial College
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