Re: Port status and support of 715

[Nick Hudson <skrll%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 10/13/15 14:05, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> how is the port status? how does NetBSD work on a 715 class machine?

I have a 715/50 and it works. Which model do you have?


> Years ago, NetBSD support was spotty at best, lot of binaries di dnot 
> compile, hard drive support and performances were bad: that was long 
> ago and not my personal experience.


Please report any problems you find :)

> Due to my attachment to this machine and this architecture, I'd love 
> to test the software I work on (GNUstep) with it. It used to work a 
> long time ago, but libffi, libffcall and such are really tricky things!

Great!

> Apparently, the only current OS that work on hppa 32 are NetBSD and 
> OpenBSD, right?

I don't know about this.

> Is it easily installable from CD, provided one of my SCSI cd's still 
> work? I'd rather not go through all the net boot stuff

I tested CD boot a long time ago, but it should still work.


> Riccardo

Nick