Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:26:36 +0100 From: Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org> To: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> Cc: Nathan Vidican <nathan@vidican.com>, sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sun4v / T5000 / Sun T2+ support Message-ID: <1412094396.3179.6.camel@atlas.lerwick.hopto.org> In-Reply-To: <20140929041921.GJ43300@funkthat.com> References: <CANDf6vMwk8D=vBgpM4wD%2BX0q8%2BQv5TGOWQZdpsEqg0F3pJKrdg@mail.gmail.com> <20140929041921.GJ43300@funkthat.com>
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On Sun, 2014-09-28 at 21:19 -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > Nathan Vidican wrote this message on Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 23:34 -0400: > > I recently purchased a used T5240 - more-or-less to mess around with (got > > it for a steal)... I was able to boot OpenBSD 5.5 and install, but unable > > to boot the current 10.1 iso for FreeBSD/sparc64. > > > > In a prior thread I was told that FreeBSD/sun4v support was never completed > > - is anyone working on support for these machines at all? > > > > If so, can I help in any way (ie: have access to the machine, could setup > > remote ssh to the ilom if someone needs/wants access/help to > > troubleshoot/work on one to start with). > > Right now what we need is a developer who is willing to take it over and > maintain it and complete the project... Though there are other issues > that the sparc64 port has (and I believe the sun4v will have too) which > is that clang isn't quite there yet in terms of support... With out > having a modern compiler, things will only be harder to keep the sparc64 > port alive... > > So, if you have time, I'd first make sure sparc64 is in good shape as > the sun4v port is based on that... > Hello John-Mark Do you have any more information on the clang issues ? I thought clang was able to selfhost now on sparc64. I have seen the kernel build issues reported recently, but does this also affect ports built via clang? Kind Regards Craig Butler
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