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Date:      Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:57:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com>
Subject:   Re: New sparc64 5.2-BETA ISO images available
Message-ID:  <20031205135606.U87691@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031205184402.GA6738@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0312051744190.40103@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> <0F89A7EF-274F-11D8-B8AD-000502C708CB@sitetronics.com> <20031205184402.GA6738@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Kris Kennaway wrote:

> > Would these happen to support my ``red-dot'' ultra 1? If not, how can I
> > help get support for it?
>
> The hardware list still says "no".  The most effective way to get
> support added would be to sponsor a developer to do the work.  If
> there are a group of people and/or companies who would like to run
> FreeBSD on ultra 1 machines and can each kick in, this might not be so
> bad.

The big killer is still the missing scsi driver.  I don't think we'll see
any progress on that until 5.2 is out the door.  In the meantime if you
have a U1E then you can netboot it.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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