Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:32:29 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Latest binutils import breaks Alpha cross compiles Message-ID: <20020130193229.A43663@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20020130091313.C69440@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:13:13AM -0800 References: <3C576050.560CB337@mindspring.com> <20020130162039.D14D63A9A@overcee.wemm.org> <20020130091313.C69440@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:13:13AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:20:39AM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > > That's easy to say when signing up somebody else to do the work. > > > > Seriously though, in spite of pretending otherwise, i386 *is* our reference > > platform, and the "other" platforms require people with the hardware and > > interest to keep it "alive". > ... > > If there isn't enough critical mass to keep it going, then it is dead > > by definition. > > This is my current feeling -- that Alpha 5-CURRENT no long has any > critical mass. Thus it isn't worth the time or trouble. > > My interests have moved over to sparc64 and x86-64 where I believe there For x86-64 I see the point, sparc64 is not something I would want to spend any time on (no disrespect to the sparc64 folks, I just don't think sparc will have any great momentum). > will be a much larger following. It is shame after I've spent several > thousand $$ on Alpha hardware over the past three years. And Alpha hardware is so much nicer than the x86 crap out there :( W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte FreeBSD core team secretary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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