Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 01:05:18 -0700 From: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Status web page? Message-ID: <1086768318.55176.25.camel@server.mcneil.com>
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Sorry for the newbie question: I've looked and I see the freebsd.org/platforms/amd64.html link. I've also read through the mailing list archives, googled, etc. I know there are people working on particular functionality for amd64, but I have no idea how things are going, what are the issues, or how I could possibly contribute to the effort. I have interests in the following: kernel loadable modules. Tried to enable building them and got my sound driver to actually detect, but it didn't work or create dev nodes. i386 compatability. Actually used this minimally to install amd64 on top of an existing i386 functioning system. What an experience. Seems like a lot of it is functional, just some polishing and fine-tuning. Then again, I didn't use it much so I can't really say. Linux compatability. I've read emails about a possible Linux/amd64 compatability. The old grey matter is failing me, though, about the details. Don't recall anything about Linux/i386 other than, perhaps, a mention in passing in emails. My guess is that once i386 compatability is mature enough, Linux/i386 compat should follow relatively soon after. Don't have a clue about Linux/amd64 compatability. Java. This one I'm very interested in. I've managed to compile the SableVM and I am going to try it out, but the thing I'm really interested in is Eclipse and my first shot at this was a disaster. I would love to help to make this happen. I really don't care if it is native, i386 compat, or Linux compat. I'm also looking at possibly running it with gcj/git. Are there status pages for these various efforts? If so, it there a centralized linking page to them? If not, would the platform page be a good place to collect such information? I use to work with Linux a lot, then I fell in love with FreeBSD-stable. After a while, I wanted to do more with my box and moved to FreeBSD-current. Now, I have an amd64 machine and I've very pleased with how everything is coming together. If there is anything I can do to help accelerate this, I am eager to assist. Cheers, Sean
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