On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 15:08 -0600, Sean Jewett wrote: > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Michel D�nzer wrote: > > > On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 08:01 +1100, david wrote: > > > According to > > > http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39183867,00.htm > > > > > > The ppc community looks like it has added some development muscle to its > > > linux component.. > > > > This is ooold news... I think Linus has been using the G5 as his main > > machine for about a year or so. I don't know about the impact of that > > for ppc64, but I think it's been about zero for ppc32 so far. > > As I recall (and I think maddog said this in a speech) the only reason why > Linus ported Linux to Alpha versus PPC was the fact that DEC got an Alpha > in his hands before he got the PPC machine. Weird how things come full > circle, Linus has a PPC machine and Alpha is just about dead.
Linus is mostly using the G5, not really using it for developpement of ppc/ppc64 specific support, this is still in the hand of the good old team lead by Paul Mackerras :) Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
