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Date:      Thu, 22 May 2003 19:43:35 -0400
From:      Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
To:        chris hellriegel <chrishellriegel@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sparc 5
Message-ID:  <20030522194335.A79611@espresso.bsdmike.org>
In-Reply-To: <Law10-F44pAOAkK5LqN0002dcd2@hotmail.com>; from chrishellriegel@hotmail.com on Thu, May 22, 2003 at 07:51:25PM -0400
References:  <Law10-F44pAOAkK5LqN0002dcd2@hotmail.com>

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chris hellriegel <chrishellriegel@hotmail.com> writes:
> Dear Sir or Madam,
> 
>     I have recently acquired some sun microsystems sparc hardware.  Noticing 
> that Solaris seems to have a good bit of overhead that makes the systems 
> slow down i tried out FreeBSD.  Currently I have an Ultra 5 (64bit) and a 
> SparcStation 5.  I noticed that you didn't have the SparcStation 5 on the 
> hardware supported  list for sparc hardware.  I was wondering if it is 
> supported and that if it isn't if there was any way i could help.

This is a FAQ.  There are no plans to support old sparc systems.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft



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