From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 18:00:12 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 578001065762 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:00:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout014.mac.com (asmtpout014.mac.com [17.148.16.89]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36918FC21 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:00:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from macbook-pro.jnpr.net (natint3.juniper.net [66.129.224.36]) by asmtp014.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.03 (built Aug 7 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0K6000K1AKNMSYA0@asmtp014.mac.com>; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:59:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-id: <477C6946-2540-4122-AD66-B769A623FE01@mac.com> From: Marcel Moolenaar To: freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <20080822113317.GD32539@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:59:44 -0700 References: <3c1674c90808211442t707966fq29997b53a70ed2f7@mail.gmail.com> <20080822113317.GD32539@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.928.1) Cc: sun4v@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Kip Macy Subject: Re: the future of sun4v X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:00:13 -0000 On Aug 22, 2008, at 4:33 AM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > [Replies re-directed to freebsd-sun4v] > > On 2008-Aug-21 14:42:55 -0700, Kip Macy wrote: >> I believe that there is a general expectation by freebsd users and >> developers that unsupported code should not be in CVS. Although sun4v >> is a very interesting platform for developers doing SMP work, I >> simply >> do not have the time or energy to maintain it. If someone else would >> like to step up and try his hand I would be supportive of his >> efforts. >> In the likely event that no one steps forward by the time that 7.1 is >> released I will ask that it be moved to the Attic. > > Since there are no other current SPARC CPUs that FreeBSD can run on > (the US-II has been obsolete for about 6 years and FreeBSD won't run > on any more recent sun4u chips), that will also remove the > justification for maintaining a SPARC64 port. Marius has been doing some great work towards US-III support. I have FreeBSD/sparc64 running on Netra SMP with US-III CPUs. While the code is not in SVN, It's in Perforce and from what I can see, it's in a very good shape. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com