From owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Wed Dec 4 12:08:06 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE011B2666 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 12:08:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) Received: from hades.sorbs.net (hades.sorbs.net [72.12.213.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47Sd0P435tz3HNp for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2019 12:08:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michelle@sorbs.net) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Received: from isux.com (gate.mhix.org [203.206.128.220]) by hades.sorbs.net (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7.0.5.29.0 64bit (built Jul 9 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0Q1Z00GPGMFVRV00@hades.sorbs.net> for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2019 04:23:58 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Sparc64 and FreeBSD 13.0 To: Chris Ross , Mark Linimon Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org References: <20191203181148.GA24129@lonesome.com> From: Michelle Sullivan Message-id: <20495159-605f-c0eb-bd26-4daaab2024a2@sorbs.net> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 23:08:00 +1100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:51.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/51.0 SeaMonkey/2.48 In-reply-to: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47Sd0P435tz3HNp X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of michelle@sorbs.net designates 72.12.213.40 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=michelle@sorbs.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.97 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.997,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:hades.sorbs.net]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[freebsd]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sorbs.net]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[40.213.12.72.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; IP_SCORE(-0.27)[ip: (-0.68), ipnet: 72.12.192.0/19(-0.36), asn: 11114(-0.28), country: US(-0.05)]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; CTE_CASE(0.50)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11114, ipnet:72.12.192.0/19, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:08:06 -0000 Chris Ross wrote: > >> On Dec 3, 2019, at 13:11, Mark Linimon wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 05:53:28AM -0500, Ed Maste wrote: >>> I have received some private mail about addressing the compiler >>> situation on sparc64, but not the other issues tracked as dependencies >>> in PR228919. >> I personally don't intend to spend cycles working on sparc64 in the >> future. >> >> As one of the last people who was supporting it, I think it's fair to >> say that sparc64 has dropped below critical mass. > I was an active user, but lack of support for more modern spare processors and the lack of active use have caused me to step away too. If I had the time to look into porting T1/T2/etc support, and try to get the compiler working, I’d love to have the results. But I do not. > I don't have the skills or I'd do it. -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/