Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:55:02 +0100 From: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org>, Anna Wilcox <AWilcox@wilcox-tech.com>, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, sparc64@freebsd.org, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com> Subject: Re: Sparc64 doesn't care about you, and you shouldn't care about Sparc64 Message-ID: <5643D556.9000908@sorbs.net> In-Reply-To: <20151111202257.GB6857@lonesome.com> References: <563A5893.1030607@freebsd.org> <39947478-4710-47D8-BAB1-FC93979570B6@mail.turbofuzz.com> <f4d1114833994331bd1fd2273f305abc@XCH-RTP-005.cisco.com> <4004425.K7Etsx0SLe@ralph.baldwin.cx> <1411902059.696.1447273047281.JavaMail.craig@w520> <20151111202257.GB6857@lonesome.com>
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Mark Linimon wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 08:17:32PM +0000, Craig Butler wrote: > >> Just to raise something else as well, port maintainers seem hesitant >> to push sparc64 fixes in. >> > > They don't have an effective way to test them. All they can test for > is the no-regression case on the hardware they have access to. > I could (in theory - I have a metric shed load - well actually a 1966 build garage full - of everything from sparcstation 2's to E4500, Netras and v2xx servers though being sparc32 and sparc64 and no new stuff it would be relatively pointless putting more than one or 2 servers up) setup a redports like service to build ports - but there is the other issue of actually testing they work... if successfully built.. Regards, -- Michelle Sullivan http://www.mhix.org/
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