From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 25 21:10:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CAA7106566C; Sun, 25 May 2008 21:10:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@FreeBSD.org) Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net (vms173003pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 145848FC1B; Sun, 25 May 2008 21:10:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cokane@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.cokane.org ([71.168.78.124]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0K1F00C8OX82Q3M8@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net>; Sun, 25 May 2008 15:07:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: by mail.cokane.org (Postfix, from userid 103) id ACABB16B55D; Sun, 25 May 2008 16:10:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [172.20.1.3] (unknown [172.20.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.cokane.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3691B16B55B; Sun, 25 May 2008 16:09:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 16:09:38 -0400 From: Coleman Kane In-reply-to: <20080525195955.GB5179@what-creek.com> To: John Birrell Message-id: <1211746178.1510.56.camel@localhost> Organization: FreeBSD Project MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-44/UKDjvSHA1lZGLW7W4" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8-gr1 (2007-02-13) on discordia References: <200805250248.m4P2mv8U026913@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080525180014.S63463@fledge.watson.org> <20080525195955.GB5179@what-creek.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.8-gr1 X-Spam-Level: Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, John Birrell , Robert Watson , cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 21:10:35 -0000 --=-44/UKDjvSHA1lZGLW7W4 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 19:59 +0000, John Birrell wrote: > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 06:03:22PM +0100, Robert Watson wrote: > > Is there something in your recent work that prevents sun4v from compili= ng=20 > > and hence justifies disabling it entirely, and hence guaranteeing it wo= n't=20 > > compile in the future because it falls off the "make it compile" radar?= If=20 > > so, then a policy decision to drop sun4v support may be called for -- b= ut=20 > > this is something to discuss with the people who added support for the=20 > > architecture, the release engineering team, etc, and not to make=20 > > unilaterally. >=20 > When I added sun4v to universe back in 2006, I had hopes that it would > live up to it's early promise. Adding it back then was premature. I guess > you could say I made a unilateral decision back then. :-D >=20 > The last time I checked, the sun4v port wouldn't even boot on my T2000, > so I have to ask if there is anyone who even knows that. Or cares. > Just keeping the code compiling is not good enough. It has to actually=20 > work. >=20 > I haven't removed any support for building sun4v. I just think that the > few people who do build universe shouldn't have to wait for a dead > port to build. >=20 >=20 > -- > John Birrell >=20 FWIW, to anybody with time+interest, you can get these things on-loan for free from Sun Microsystems as part of their try-and-buy program. So, if anybody wants to turn the sun4v into a pet project, Sun has greased the wheels a bit for you already. The specs on these systems look impressive, I just didn't have the time to mess with it when I tried. I still get pings every few months from a Sun rep... --=20 Coleman Kane --=-44/UKDjvSHA1lZGLW7W4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkg5x4AACgkQcMSxQcXat5fGdQCeMCT500js/kpd+C1BFYB6ghlr D8cAmwU9Sy2LBELSlCie7+6jWTqhafIX =3fXa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-44/UKDjvSHA1lZGLW7W4--