Subject: Re: NetBSD in Centris 610
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Terence Tan <netbsd@calroth.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/19/2003 22:11:25
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gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
 > It was my understanding that the hardware operated in such a way
 > that you really couldn't relialby simulate an FPU with it, though
 > you could fake it better than NetBSD's usual simulation did.
 >
 > That you can boot and run is impressive. Can you use build.sh?

I'm also using Bruce ONeel's distribution. It's basically a standard
NetBSD distribution except the userland is compiled as -msoft-float (to
bypass the FPU). No simulation needed.

I'm working off a stock Performa 475, and everything is working
swimmingly well. Obviously everything has to be re-built with
- -msoft-float, but I've set up pkgsrc... got apache, perl, postfix, and
other good things compiled and working. Nary a segmentation fault in
sight.

I love it.

  -Terence Tan



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