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Date:      Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:08:00 +1100
From:      Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net>
To:        Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sparc64 and FreeBSD 13.0
Message-ID:  <20495159-605f-c0eb-bd26-4daaab2024a2@sorbs.net>
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Chris Ross wrote:
>
>> On Dec 3, 2019, at 13:11, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 05:53:28AM -0500, Ed Maste wrote:
>>> I have received some private mail about addressing the compiler
>>> situation on sparc64, but not the other issues tracked as dependencies
>>> in PR228919.
>> I personally don't intend to spend cycles working on sparc64 in the
>> future.
>>
>> As one of the last people who was supporting it, I think it's fair to
>> say that sparc64 has dropped below critical mass.
> I was an active user, but lack of support for more modern spare processors and the lack of active use have caused me to step away too.  If I had the time to look into porting T1/T2/etc support, and try to get the compiler working, I’d love to have the results.  But I do not.
>

I don't have the skills or I'd do it.

-- 
Michelle Sullivan
http://www.mhix.org/




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