Re: NetBSD WWW feedback from khelben@telia.com (fwd)

[Björn J. <kh...@te...>]

Klaus Heinz wrote about NetBSD WWW feedback from kh...@te...:

> Bj=F6rn Johansson wrote:
> 
> > What I really need to know is if it's possible to port this to
> > PPC architecture? I'm not a coder myself, just a Linux user.
> 
> I would say it's certainly possible to create a Linux driver out of the
> NetBSD driver. The main piece of work will probably be to write the
> necessary functions to let the rest of the Linux kernel use the driver.
> The NetBSD part of the driver will not be directly usable for this
> because the inner workings of the NetBSD and Linux kernel are different.
> But someone who knows Linux sound drivers should be able to use the
> NetBSD driver as a base for the development.
> 
> > I personally don't know much about NetBSD, but as I've understood
> > it, there doesn't exist a NetBSD PPC port, right?
> 
> NetBSD has been running on PowerPC machines for a very long time. There
> is even NetBSD/amigappc but as far I know the main developer lost his
> machine and thus it has not been in a usable state for some time.
> 
> > Bj=F6rn Johansson "Debian rocks!!"
> 
> NetBSD as well :-)
> 
> Regards,
>      Klaus Heinz
>

Hi!

I've had a discussion with Klaus Heinz at NetBSD, and he thinks it's possib=
le
to port the Repulse sounddriver to PPC. Now I want to know if there is any=
one
in the LinuxAPUS community which is willing to do this. Any volunteers?


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Bj=F6rn Johansson "Debian rocks!!"