FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Haiku on G3/G4

[Cian Duffy <myob87@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > Sorry for dragging this topic up yet again, but are there any plans
> > afoot for resuming the PowerPC port of Haiku before R1, or is it
> > an R2
> > target/beyond only?
> 
> "Officially", PPC isn't really a target at all. The short version of why is 
> that Apple doesn't want us there and doesn't tell us anything about their 
> (overpriced but very cool) hardware.

That didn't stop Linux, OpenBSD or NetBSD did it :-)
Surely Darwin has to be the best source of potential hardware info - I
mean its what Apple base their own OS off...

> Having said that, NewOS came somewhat PPC ready and Axeld put some effort 
> into it. He has also received a Pegasos 1 to attempt the port. All of this 
> has been put on the back burner so that he could complete the "rest" of the 
> kernel - the stuff that is cross platform.

Did the Pegasos1 not have the openfirmware-from-hell that meant that
certain peices of hardware never worked? I remember OpenBSD having
serious problems with it, and with Genesi
 
> > How out-of-sync with the current tree is the PPC port? Would there be
> > a huge amount of work required to drag it back into sync - other than
> > writing something to load it from Apples OF, this is. Not
> > something I
> > ever envisioned doing myself, but I could take a hack at it if need
> > be.
> 
> Even within the kernel, most of the code is pretty cross-platform. I would 
> bet that only 10% or so, depending on how you measure it, of the kernel is 
> arch specific.

OK. I'll have a look when the iBook arrives. I'm still waiting for it,
second day spent sitting by the postbox...

Cian