Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:08:04 -0700 (MST) From: Unfurl <unfurl@dub.net> To: FreeBSD-SPARC List <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sparc board, and clones Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811181103560.2033-100000@jive.nacholand.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02.9811180928380.28299-100000@echonyc.com>
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Snob Art Genre wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Chuck Youse wrote:
>
> > While support for sun4[mcd ] is a good thing, Kapil aptly pointed
> > out that they really are a different architecture than the sun4u.
> > To support both with one kernel is possible, but cumbersome at best.
> > Better to separate the two.
>
> It's not like users of older Suns would be out in the cold -- they can
> run NetBSD, and I think Linux or OpenBSD as well.
>
> It's also not as if coders for this project are coming out of the
> woodwork. IMHO, it's better to address a smaller problem domain and
> succeed than to be over-ambitious and fail.
I agree now that you put it that way. It might be a good idea for us to
focus on a small goal initially being that we seem to be underpowered in
the coder dept. OF course I think we should also pick that small goal
with the idea of expansion and transition to the other platforms in
mind. The other issue that I was thinking about was that it seems like
there are a lot more older sparcs out there available for development
work. Just a thought.
-Bill
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