From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 21:06:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A593C1065674 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:06:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joerosenfeld@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66A2E8FC22 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:06:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joerosenfeld@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id p76so641739pyb.10 for ; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:06:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=mtk4CnC1HnyKrOBVSZ8wA5Q2IuR8tkfFMPSM4RliGYU=; b=NgtijcfAheR32zJIpfDfAWVIMt7ueqrIfY+/fTC/63rG/mtpCuVf9b1N4DvhtBOAkA pjMtfW6I9GHxScIEU2+FTD1zUonEx7xuLB4AReGqK+zFNadxUEJE8t57WZA9A/A8Fa9k nwAZv9bJvu/LS5r5G2cPVf+kxkWyNnRc1UA48= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=L1SzmtarxmbetkmJyXV2mmjE3G0nj0c6t3Q5wqTZAbTToy57Db0nQN8YZiGkunX+dd KA/oW7jfIqdD6SNvlEu4sWrtCitD3pQcUTJ2b3qBSLr3ziTesZvOXb7/0EUm5qzb+7VG C5OWC7cnxnG458TYee2d7nCl6CBkQETat/lww= Received: by 10.114.13.1 with SMTP id 1mr2215729wam.96.1212698517720; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:41:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.134.3 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:41:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6e5cf6a70806051341x95eb814j6222c04dbfd7fb2d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:41:57 -0400 From: "Joachim Rosenfeld" To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: status of freebsd on ultrasparc? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:06:53 -0000 I'm a little confused about the status of FreeBSD on UltraSparc. This page says it is a fully supported Tier 1 platform: http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html However, the words "Tier 1" link directly to this page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html Which says that Sparc64 is only a Tier 2 "development architecture". Which is correct? I am considering running FreeBSD on a Sun Fire V210 UltaSparc system. My whole reason for wanting to put FreeBSD on this box (which currently runs Solaris 10) is to run bind and build ports. So I guess my question is this: (1) is FreeBSD an acceptable OS to run on this Sun box and (2) will I have any major problems building ports? Joe