From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 9 21:12:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D14691065676 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:12:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (alchemy.franken.de [194.94.249.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FE4C8FC17 for ; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 21:12:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/ALCHEMY.FRANKEN.DE) with ESMTP id m59LC9S7066601; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:12:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by alchemy.franken.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m59LC99N066600; Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:12:09 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marius) Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 23:12:08 +0200 From: Marius Strobl To: Joachim Rosenfeld Message-ID: <20080609211208.GA66541@alchemy.franken.de> References: <6e5cf6a70806051341x95eb814j6222c04dbfd7fb2d@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6e5cf6a70806051341x95eb814j6222c04dbfd7fb2d@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status of freebsd on ultrasparc? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:12:25 -0000 On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 04:41:57PM -0400, Joachim Rosenfeld wrote: > I'm a little confused about the status of FreeBSD on UltraSparc. > > This page says it is a fully supported Tier 1 platform: > > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html > > However, the words "Tier 1" link directly to this page: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html > > Which says that Sparc64 is only a Tier 2 "development architecture". > > Which is correct? It's Tier 2, core@ silently demoted it when updating the tier document last February. > > > I am considering running FreeBSD on a Sun Fire V210 UltaSparc system. My > whole reason for wanting to put FreeBSD on this box (which currently > runs Solaris 10) is to run bind and build ports. > > So I guess my question is this: (1) is FreeBSD an acceptable OS to run on > this Sun box and (2) will I have any major problems building ports? > Currently V210 aren't supported by FreeBSD but chances are they'll be in 7.2. Marius