From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 14 06:24:58 2009 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 55395106564A for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:24:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Pavel.Dobrokhotov@unil.ch) Received: from mailc1.unil.ch (mailc1.unil.ch [130.223.27.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 188D48FC19 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:24:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Pavel.Dobrokhotov@unil.ch) Received: from 161-30.0-85.cust.bluewin.ch ([85.0.30.161] helo=MyBook.local) by mailc1.unil.ch stage1 with esmtpsa with id 1MFj9D-00012g-4n from ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:24:55 +0200 Message-ID: <4A3497B6.2030005@unil.ch> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:24:54 +0200 From: Pavel Dobrokhotov Organization: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Universit=E9_de_Lausanne?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Linimon References: <4A3220AF.8080006@unil.ch> <20090612222153.GA18830@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <20090612222153.GA18830@lonesome.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware Donation? 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, 14 Jun 2009 06:24:58 -0000 Mark Linimon wrote: > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:32:31AM +0200, Pavel Dobrokhotov wrote: >> But it has been 4 days since Mr. Nelson's generous offer, and no body >> stepped in to take it, and it griefs me dearly to see such hardware >> wasted > > I replied but off-list. Ok. I see, all the best then I really hope that this hardware could and will be used for BSD development, as I am a former and now returning BSD/sparc user, and I love to see activity in the aria. (Foreseeing the obvious suggestion, I have to confess the I can't personally help with coding, as I am not a kernel/driver programmer :-( ) > > FreeBSD's current problem is finding someone to supply space, electrons, > and cooling for systems Oh, I (well, actually my girl friend :-) ) understand that. Regards, PD