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Date:      Mon, 17 Feb 2003 22:03:15 -0500
From:      Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com>
Cc:        julian@elischer.org, jake@locore.ca, scott_long@btc.adaptec.com, julian@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha exception.s genassym.c
Message-ID:  <20030217220315.77108796.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <023701c2d6f0$543e4f60$52557f42@errno.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302171706430.16142-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <023701c2d6f0$543e4f60$52557f42@errno.com>

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On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:51:59 -0800
"Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com> wrote:

> > As a sidebar, in my opinion sparc is irrelevant except as a porting
> > exercize to keep the code clean.  I think it is damaging to the
> > project to have it a tier 1 architecture. In case no-one has noticed
> > the sparc comes with a unix OS already, so the market is miniscule.
> > techncally nice, but basically irrelevant to the success of the
> > project except as a roadblock to progress. Anyhow that's just my
> > opinion. Others are free to disagree (and obviously do). (Nothing
> > personal, just my opinion on where we should be placing sparc stuff
> > in he overall priority list.)
> 
> You are wrong.  sparc development is driving several aspects of the
> system in very productive ways.  In fact I'm planning to request a
> sparc machine soon as soon as I have space to set it up.
> 
>     Sam
> 
> 

Some of us would like to have the ability of FreeBSD on Sun
equipment.

--
Tom Rhodes

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