Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 22:03:15 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com> Cc: julian@elischer.org, jake@locore.ca, scott_long@btc.adaptec.com, julian@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha exception.s genassym.c Message-ID: <20030217220315.77108796.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <023701c2d6f0$543e4f60$52557f42@errno.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302171706430.16142-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <023701c2d6f0$543e4f60$52557f42@errno.com>
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On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:51:59 -0800 "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com> wrote: > > As a sidebar, in my opinion sparc is irrelevant except as a porting > > exercize to keep the code clean. I think it is damaging to the > > project to have it a tier 1 architecture. In case no-one has noticed > > the sparc comes with a unix OS already, so the market is miniscule. > > techncally nice, but basically irrelevant to the success of the > > project except as a roadblock to progress. Anyhow that's just my > > opinion. Others are free to disagree (and obviously do). (Nothing > > personal, just my opinion on where we should be placing sparc stuff > > in he overall priority list.) > > You are wrong. sparc development is driving several aspects of the > system in very productive ways. In fact I'm planning to request a > sparc machine soon as soon as I have space to set it up. > > Sam > > Some of us would like to have the ability of FreeBSD on Sun equipment. -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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