Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:03:16 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, Ira Downing <dml337ira@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Sparc T2000 support Message-ID: <20130131140316.GA1574@lystra.neenah.na.plexus.com> In-Reply-To: <CADGWnjVbHXeR5qM2Ep%2BvgvkQQQQ81RfQCEqsM=0u-FTh5rTeog@mail.gmail.com> References: <CALtLxXBz0c6GriqUnVA9DdKeaP1sh8buV-Tfr07nvKBxNpKnJg@mail.gmail.com> <20130131071044.GN29105@server.rulingia.com> <CADGWnjVbHXeR5qM2Ep%2BvgvkQQQQ81RfQCEqsM=0u-FTh5rTeog@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 02:56:47PM +0100, C. P. Ghost wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote:
> > On 2013-Jan-30 15:47:34 -0500, Ira Downing <dml337ira@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>Any hope for Sparc T2000 support. These systems are going to waste if I'm
> >>locked into installing Solaris 10.
> >
> > There's currently no sun4v support in FreeBSD because no-one has the
> > complete {motivation, skill, time} set.
>
> I guess, no developer has access to the required sun4v hardware
> at the moment, and buying one privately just for fun and coding
> is way above budget.
>
> > As alternatives to Sol10, you could try NetBSD or one of the OpenSolaris
> > forks (eg Illumos).
> >
My company is disposing of several T200 servers. I may be able to
have them donated but don't know whom to contact.
--
Regards,
Doug
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