Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:39:36 +0000 (GMT) From: Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> To: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> Cc: freebsd-tilera@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ping Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201311436230.29731@miami.exonetric.net> In-Reply-To: <4F27FA7B.3050306@tilera.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201310855220.29731@miami.exonetric.net> <4F27F7DF.6060005@tilera.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201311420390.29731@miami.exonetric.net> <4F27FA7B.3050306@tilera.com>
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2012, Chris Metcalf wrote: > On 1/31/2012 9:22 AM, Mark Blackman wrote: >> On Tue, 31 Jan 2012, Chris Metcalf wrote: >> >>> On 1/31/2012 3:56 AM, Mark Blackman wrote: >>>> Anyone still working on the FreeBSD port for Tilera? Perhaps 2011 >>>> was very productive but very stealthy! >>> >>> Let's hope so - but I haven't heard anything about it either. :-) >> >> Hmm, so Tilera isn't pursuing this? The messages from 2010 suggested >> Tilera engineers were doing something, but perhaps they were looking >> for more FreeBSD involvement. > > My understanding (from a purely engineering perspective) is that we are > prepared to support a FreeBSD port, but we are not currently planning to > drive the port ourselves. Ok, fair enough. I wonder if the foundation would be prepared to fund dedicated effort on porting. I've only just belatedly appreciated how much more useful Tilera's application targets (64-bit + FP performance) are compared to ARM. - Mark
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