From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 4 00:39:55 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FDC316A420 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:39:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: from lerwick.hopto.org (81-86-235-79.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.235.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 711AF13C494 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:39:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from craig001@lerwick.hopto.org) Received: (qmail 50216 invoked by uid 98); 4 Nov 2007 00:36:40 +0000 Received: from 192.168.0.5 by polaris.lerwick.hopto.org (envelope-from , uid 82) with qmail-scanner-2.01 (clamdscan: 0.88.4/1789. hbedv: 7.1.1.11/6.35.1.178. f-prot: 4.6.6/3.16.14. spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:RC:1(192.168.0.5):. Processed in 4.316913 secs); 04 Nov 2007 00:36:40 -0000 Received: from trident.lerwick.hopto.org (192.168.0.5) by lerwick.hopto.org with SMTP; 4 Nov 2007 00:36:36 +0000 Message-ID: <472D149A.2040400@lerwick.hopto.org> Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:38:50 +0000 From: Craig Butler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway References: <200711011822.25884.linimon@lonesome.com> <472B39A8.3070708@alaska.net> <472CD183.8080905@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <472CD183.8080905@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mark Linimon , Christian Baer , freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Doesn't anything work around here? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:39:55 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > Royce Williams wrote: >> Mark Linimon wrote, on 11/1/2007 3:22 PM: >>> The latest sparc64-7 run is continuing. With the limited number of >>> sparc64 machines we have, the elapsed time for even _incremental_ >>> builds is on the order of 3-5 weeks, depending on what's changed in >>> the meantime. Once that gets done, I'll probably do another pass. >> >> I've started a couple of threads in the past about offering to chip in >> for hardware to support builds, and especially sparc64 freebsd-update. >> >> To move forward on that, what is the 'best bang for the buck' hardware >> that the project could use? > > To be minimally useful for package builds the machines would need at > least 512MB RAM (preferably more, at least 1GB), and CPU speed is > obviously highly important (but also hard to come by with sparc64 > hardware). > > Kris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" What about us running the builds for you ? Our company is about to invest in some dated b1600 full of sparc blades. I am sure I can borrow some cpu time from them ;) ============================================================ This email has been handled by lerwick.hopto.org mail server and has been scanned by 3 virus killers and spamassassin ============================================================