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From: ag@cbmvax.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Porting AT&T System V Release 4 to multiple cpus
Keywords: UNIX port 68030 486
Message-ID: <16843@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 28 Dec 90 17:53:22 GMT
References: <1990Dec28.150334.24778@sctc.com>
Reply-To: ag@cbmvax.commodore.com (Keith Gabryelski)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Unix; West Chester, PA
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In article <1990Dec28.150334.24778@sctc.com> briel@sctc.com (Marc Briel )
writes:
>How well isolated are the CPU dependencies in AT&T System V Release 4?
>Do almost all of the modules change between a 68030 version and a 486
>version or do only a few modules change?

The 68k and 386 base ports are separate source trees.  There are some
things that were added for the 386 kernel only (for instance some
cruft dealing with stream head processing).

You have some work ahead of you.

Pax, Keith