Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:59:44 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org Cc: sun4v@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Kip Macy <kmacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: the future of sun4v Message-ID: <477C6946-2540-4122-AD66-B769A623FE01@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20080822113317.GD32539@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <3c1674c90808211442t707966fq29997b53a70ed2f7@mail.gmail.com> <20080822113317.GD32539@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Aug 22, 2008, at 4:33 AM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > [Replies re-directed to freebsd-sun4v] > > On 2008-Aug-21 14:42:55 -0700, Kip Macy <kmacy@freebsd.org> wrote: >> I believe that there is a general expectation by freebsd users and >> developers that unsupported code should not be in CVS. Although sun4v >> is a very interesting platform for developers doing SMP work, I >> simply >> do not have the time or energy to maintain it. If someone else would >> like to step up and try his hand I would be supportive of his >> efforts. >> In the likely event that no one steps forward by the time that 7.1 is >> released I will ask that it be moved to the Attic. > > Since there are no other current SPARC CPUs that FreeBSD can run on > (the US-II has been obsolete for about 6 years and FreeBSD won't run > on any more recent sun4u chips), that will also remove the > justification for maintaining a SPARC64 port. Marius has been doing some great work towards US-III support. I have FreeBSD/sparc64 running on Netra SMP with US-III CPUs. While the code is not in SVN, It's in Perforce and from what I can see, it's in a very good shape. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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