Mark Schneckloth <address@hidden> writes:
> We are evaluating the use of glibc to get some native Unicode support
> (like wstrcmp() et.al.) under FreeBSD 3.4 and FreeBSD 4.2. I might be
> interested in working on the port of glibc to FreeBSD, but I'd like to
> have an estimate of the time required before I commit to anything.
>
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> I've worked on code for debuggers, compilers, and linkers in the past
> 20 years, both in C and in assembly (x86). I would certainly not
> consider myself an expert in *all* of these areas, but I'm reasonably
> knowledgeable. About how many hours/days/weeks of effort is involved
> in a port to an x86 system?
To port something to an x86 system, you would need to fill in the
sysdeps directory (read the docu). If FreeBSD uses ELF (if not, you
have much more problems) and you're familiar with FreeBSD it should be
straightforward to do, since we already support Linux and the Hurd on
ia32.
I guess (very uneducated) it would take you at least a month - but you
should see first results soon.
Andresa
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