From owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Wed Nov 11 23:55:12 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F879A2C5C8 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:55:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37937161D for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:55:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 328F4A2C5C6; Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32283A2C5C5 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:55:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) Received: from hades.sorbs.net (mail.sorbs.net [67.231.146.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20097161C; Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:55:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from isux.com (firewall.isux.com [213.165.190.213]) by hades.sorbs.net (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.29.0 64bit (built Jul 9 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0NXO00M03DEL8200@hades.sorbs.net>; Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:01:36 -0800 (PST) Message-id: <5643D556.9000908@sorbs.net> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:55:02 +0100 From: Michelle Sullivan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.24) Gecko/20100301 SeaMonkey/1.1.19 To: Mark Linimon Cc: Craig Butler , Anna Wilcox , Marius Strobl , Sean Bruno , Warner Losh , sparc64@freebsd.org, Jordan Hubbard Subject: Re: Sparc64 doesn't care about you, and you shouldn't care about Sparc64 References: <563A5893.1030607@freebsd.org> <39947478-4710-47D8-BAB1-FC93979570B6@mail.turbofuzz.com> <4004425.K7Etsx0SLe@ralph.baldwin.cx> <1411902059.696.1447273047281.JavaMail.craig@w520> <20151111202257.GB6857@lonesome.com> In-reply-to: <20151111202257.GB6857@lonesome.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:55:12 -0000 Mark Linimon wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 08:17:32PM +0000, Craig Butler wrote: > >> Just to raise something else as well, port maintainers seem hesitant >> to push sparc64 fixes in. >> > > They don't have an effective way to test them. All they can test for > is the no-regression case on the hardware they have access to. > I could (in theory - I have a metric shed load - well actually a 1966 build garage full - of everything from sparcstation 2's to E4500, Netras and v2xx servers though being sparc32 and sparc64 and no new stuff it would be relatively pointless putting more than one or 2 servers up) setup a redports like service to build ports - but there is the other issue of actually testing they work... if successfully built.. Regards, -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/