From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id f5628299 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:42:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D5FE3A1A8E; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:42:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60CD4A1A27; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:42:24 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=m4Km9fEN; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E86A8A1A27; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:42:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk0-f171.google.com (mail-qk0-f171.google.com [209.85.220.171]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B03CA1A20 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:42:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk0-f171.google.com with SMTP id j7-v6so3486879qkd.13 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:42:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=PYzT0MwhGglStP1a/T0T+2Oik9I9rqYQCdGtGG1Mozc=; b=m4Km9fENMjls9DNqo5k50SLAAQfwQMsoS1sM0C6n9j9XMVMrsuBIfOgimB9iGsQIjC TIYQicWLljCijK8j2EGsgibzzo2MQHUBNMN/8m8l7vpRKXHS6AQPEGBBVj00+81PJk1v Qvy4DPDIdQ5vJeHXWN8cK770JQKx6Y7Hem2i6BAgT/beu/7Ij0t5HIGahrgzWIo+qWfU Qpax/Fmf9yK/yPIIuvFI/JAhoXpFHltRz6wkp6FpzPLxF2PkU8rsW+cGUOGwaddCTu2A uY+5+qbHrc/GeJLBFtOeK7PZy9MgPMq3NN7kvJTjgV0tePXtPXI+PtZP/M3TMxwyYLVb Lskw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=PYzT0MwhGglStP1a/T0T+2Oik9I9rqYQCdGtGG1Mozc=; b=FS7GYL4Dsrtbhn+JkMLO7EeYqYBjBEp1alVmgOJ7L6WcaTDvo0YH4h5Ba2SymUzqnf YJja1eL7D4a9zy0XYCBdNVzmm2e+1qYAq6FC2G7HIzHSjQ9v5hSsfem4r2+GvO4vKbij LixQrjl1Vz47XzPoSi+1mE3GpLfya3//MmPbf/ZdXjOVhQLMsgXnLbsoGLMJZCSldYdr mY4wYS3waDp2UtVET9AZlbesA8oPu80qNIkaBkni9Xr6waZPVIup+0JuGVgM+9mf/uJ1 g2dFp/LSSC/U9p/WSiEkayxfuLDfQB6zWCldANpBJgnJe9zlPUXnOxAHq5uVjFg4csKO 1OBA== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51AuNccQs4OI55/YEpXEBvQnvrxw3LW5kiMGTqlqFMriUFH7KXth kDWC+KWSmuGIcW+pcvrw6pW3Iwdjn3t96yUZlo60NQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdZp4jNtrCoYiG/3ASdD4EkggZpZHQ7v40Vjmk9eT4IA+BTxdmBcuXp3v5AFgkjuMXxaTNtP1M4k5gHrKr8gUPU= X-Received: by 2002:a37:7b45:: with SMTP id w66-v6mr6729341qkc.39.1535553741540; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:42:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180828003057.GA317@mcvoy.com> <201808280601.w7S61oLM030628@freefriends.org> <20180829004627.GG317@mcvoy.com> <201808290529.w7T5TFKa006049@freefriends.org> <20180829144037.GO317@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20180829144037.GO317@mcvoy.com> From: Dan Cross Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:41:45 -0400 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000004c50ff057493f756" Subject: Re: [TUHS] SunOS code? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000004c50ff057493f756 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I wonder if they would consider doing it now. Oracle, I mean; the Solaris code was opened up and an argument could be made that SunOS would be useful for historical examination. On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:41 AM Larry McVoy wrote: > Sun never open sourced it. > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 11:29:15PM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: > > Changed the subject line. > > > > Larry McVoy wrote: > > > > > So I'd go with MacOS is not a fun kernel. It's pretty close to BSD > > > and I recently wandered through that VM system and I was not impressed. > > > I wish like hell that Sun had fed their VM back to BSD. Yeah, it > wasn't > > > multi processor friendly but someone would have fixed that. > > > > > > The penguin stuff, it's OK. Not as clean as SunOS by a long shot. > > > > So, is the SunOS code available in a way that would let people hack > > on it? They had ported it to 386 (roadrunner?), so maybe it'd be > > possible to revive it and bring it into the 21st century. > > > > Just a thought, > > > > Arnold > > -- > --- > Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com > http://www.mcvoy.com/lm > --0000000000004c50ff057493f756 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I wonder if they would consider doing it now. Oracle, I me= an; the Solaris code was opened up and an argument could be made that SunOS= would be useful for historical examination.

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:41 AM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
Sun never open sourced it.

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 11:29:15PM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Changed the subject line.
>
> Larry McVoy <lm@m= cvoy.com> wrote:
>
> > So I'd go with MacOS is not a fun kernel.=C2=A0 It's pret= ty close to BSD
> > and I recently wandered through that VM system and I was not impr= essed.
> > I wish like hell that Sun had fed their VM back to BSD.=C2=A0 Yea= h, it wasn't
> > multi processor friendly but someone would have fixed that.
> >
> > The penguin stuff, it's OK.=C2=A0 Not as clean as SunOS by a = long shot.
>
> So, is the SunOS code available in a way that would let people hack > on it? They had ported it to 386 (roadrunner?), so maybe it'd be > possible to revive it and bring it into the 21st century.
>
> Just a thought,
>
> Arnold

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