Looks like Red Hat might have future plans for PPC: http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0203/11.redhat.php
On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 03:07:14PM +0200, Robert van den Aker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Porting to PowerPC or Sparc would be considerably more difficult, I > imagine. While SME doesn't depend too much on x86 (and where it does, > can easily be modified), it _is_ very much RedHat-dependent. Porting > to Alpha was relatively easy because I could start from the same base > (RedHat 7.1), with binaries from the same sources as x86 RedHat. Of > course I still had to beat some other sources into submission before > they would behave on Alpha, but that's all in the game. Porting to > Sparc would be tantamount to single-handedly reviving the RedHat > Sparc port: I wouldn't recommend it. The situation on the PPC end of > things may be slightly more hopeful, depending on how far Linux/PPC > have strayed from the RedHat path since the Linux/PPC Developers > Release, which was a direct port from RedHat 6.2. But I can imagine > that there would be considerable hurdles on PPC as well, not least > the installer to begin with. > A propos the road leading to the Alpha port: "use the source". All > the source RPMS that I manhandled for this port are included in the > iso. Any changes I made were made through patches to the original > sources, or otherwise clearly commented and traceable. > > Regards, > Robert > > >Jan van Haarst wrote: > >> > >> On 4 Jun 2002 at 21:08, Robert van den Aker wrote: > >> > >> > An unofficial port of SME 5.1.2 to the Alpha (aka DEC Alpha, Compaq > >> > Alpha, AXP) architecture is available now in my contrib area (thanks > >> > to Mitel for hosting it!). Please refer to the following webpage for > >> > further details (also linked from the 'Contributed HOWTO' page): > >> > http://www.robert2.dds.nl/howtos/alpha-howto.html > >> > >> That's great ! > >> > >> Would you be willing to share the road that lead to this ? > >> Any major pitfalls ? > >> How hard would it be for someone to port SME 5.1.2 to another > >> architecture (e.g. PowerPC) > >> > >Or perhaps a Sparc? > > > >-- > >Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > >Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > -- > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > ------------------------------------------------- Tony Clayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +1 (613) 592-2122 x2507 Network Server Solutions Group Fax: +1 (613) 592-1175 Mitel Networks Corporation www.mitel.com -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
