Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 22:00:35 -0600 From: Joe Kozak <dd.if.dev.zero.of.dev.null.count.1.bs.1g@gmail.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: Gordon Zaft <gordonzaft@gmail.com>, Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sparc64 and FreeBSD 13.0 Message-ID: <CAK3Ucu5jNm_HysV3rweR5f8PE1=DojFMvw9p4_WcZVP4dhM0hg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20191205035843.GA3392@lonesome.com> References: <CAPyFy2CxrOLx9RtA9hA6ou7gb5d-uqvJjCSXVYOoojt37%2Bs%2B9A@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2DJeHB%2BFdnagoVmxMwUGp92YMNSU9Kg7E4n-x55MUvFhA@mail.gmail.com> <20191203181148.GA24129@lonesome.com> <D91A6BEA-ED7B-4352-AC68-A0856158BEE3@distal.com> <20495159-605f-c0eb-bd26-4daaab2024a2@sorbs.net> <CAGuhNT3=fGkgEpHK066g-oQj%2BJUYfWPkYRee3tXG65zAN=bq_Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAK3Ucu6%2BkVpsuR-ZVHSURJe_32Dg6_kwRn69jyD-NxO=UsrL3g@mail.gmail.com> <20191205035843.GA3392@lonesome.com>
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Is that for basic support in the compiler linker bits? On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 9:58 PM Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 05:34:46PM -0600, Joe Kozak wrote: > > I put my vote of support in for someone doing some updating if > > possible. > > Unfortunately it doesn't work like that in volunteer projects. > > I estimate it would take 1-3 months to fix the toolchain -- which > would only save us the existing systems (manufactured up to 2005). > When I last looked at sun4v (the newer systems) I estimated 3-5 > months. > > That's full-time activity from someone who *used* to do systems > work, but has not for many years, and would have to come up to > speed on 18 zillion things. > > mcl > > (fwiw I am a software engineer, ergo, my estimates suck.) >
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