From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 04:23:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D30DE1065674; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:23:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65B1C8FC1A; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:23:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m7O4Nd6b006451 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:23:40 +1000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7O4NdR1055219; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:23:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m7O4NdNr055218; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:23:39 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:23:39 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, kmacy@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-sun4v@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080824042339.GM32539@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <136a340a0808220719t3a170786s7fd4bcb662d0b981@mail.gmail.com> <48AED560.8010001@FreeBSD.org> <20080822225510.GI32539@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <48B0BEC7.1070806@FreeBSD.org> <7d6fde3d0808232039i78fadb9bu7373e1c36f4f37a1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0UhZIN3Sa23/ILEd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080824034055.GB12515@soaustin.net> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Subject: Re: sun4v arch X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:23:43 -0000 --0UhZIN3Sa23/ILEd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2008-Aug-23 22:40:55 -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: >My understanding is the the port is in a pre-alpha state due to unfinished >work in the kernel, so expecting there to be any userbase is premature. Except that the wiki gives a far more optimistic picture. >All of our 'new' architectures which are in this state have so few non- >developer users that there is hardly any reason to submit PRs. AFAICT >the active developers already know what's missing :-) That makes it very difficult for someone outside that group to come up to speed. I can't find anything in the freebsd-sun4v archvies. I was hoping that there would be a list somewhere of what state various subsystems were in and what remained to be done. wiki.freebsd.org sounds like the ideal place for this. On 2008-Aug-23 20:39:29 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: >Maybe some time should be spent looking at stuff from NetBSD to see >whether or not they've solved some already critical porting pieces >that FreeBSD lacks in this architecture? I can't find anything that suggests NetBSD runs on sun4v. Their sparc64 port only covers the US-I/II families and there's no mention of sun4v. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --0UhZIN3Sa23/ILEd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiw4ksACgkQ/opHv/APuIfCKQCgkJgMnkua99IkNkpX4C+iHiaB GFQAmQH4EbznLy5sf/McyCpJG1u1Xo1N =A59I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0UhZIN3Sa23/ILEd--