From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 24 13:14:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2961116A4CF; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:14:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C58C443D3F; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:14:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from interjet.elischer.org ([24.7.73.28]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2004032421142501600t1jpbe>; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:14:26 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.elischer.org [127.0.0.1]) by InterJet.elischer.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA65503; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:17:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:17:45 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer To: Brad Knowles In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD current users Subject: Re: SF Bay area hackfest X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:14:27 -0000 On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Brad Knowles wrote: > At 12:22 PM -0800 2004/03/24, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > who cares? > > > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, David O'Brien wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 09:01:11PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > >> > Let's get basic functionality woring on x86 and amd64 before we start > >> > diverging into optimization strategies. > >> > >> Uh, what about basic functionalty on Sparc64 and Alpha? > > Well, it depends. Would things be broken for SPARC64, or would > it just not have TLS (which could presumably be added later)? it would just mean that you could not do TLS.. umm I actually forget the state of Sparc KSE support now. we were waiting for help on something but I never heard if we got it.. I guess Dan would know. > > If things would be broken for SPARC64, then I would be very > disappointed to be unable to get my Ultra 10 clones up and working in > the near future. > > -- > Brad Knowles, > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania. > > GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+ > !w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++) > tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++) >