From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Nov 17 03:32:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA26683 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 03:32:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ruhrgebiet.individual.net (in-ruhr.ruhr.de [141.39.224.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA26677 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 03:32:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ch@adimus.de) Received: (from admin@localhost) by mail.ruhrgebiet.individual.net (8.8.5-r-beta/8.8.5) with UUCP id MAA10125; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:01:13 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail by mx.adimus.de with local (Exim 1.92 #1) id 0zfiXQ-0004q7-00; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:39:12 +0100 Received: from det.adimus.de(192.168.0.1) via SMTP by adimus.de, id smtpdSXYS79; Tue Nov 17 11:39:08 1998 Received: from ch by det.adimus.de with local (Exim 1.92 #1) id 0zfiXL-0001Y2-00; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:39:07 +0100 To: Adam Migus Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Semi-Historical Note [jasone@canonware.com: Disinvolvement w References: <19981116235412.YBTG25684.fep04-svc@winworkstation> <3650CC6E.EFE56232@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Christoph Haas Date: 17 Nov 1998 11:39:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: Adam Migus's message of "Mon, 16 Nov 1998 21:37:58 -0330" Message-ID: Lines: 22 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/XEmacs 20.4 - "Emerald" Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Adam Migus writes: > I am willing to dedicate my free time to this cause as well as any > resources I have. My purpose for mailing is to insist that this project > warrants support and should not die! And so do I think. But we should (as I read somewhere else) not limit this port to UltraSPARC only. I have a (at least for me) well equipped SPARCStation 4 (which uses a 110MHz MicroSPARC = sun4m) that I'm willing to boot with *BSD and Solaris 7. I'm interested in learning how to port various BSDs to it (Open, Net and now FreeBSD) and to my Alpha in my free time, which will not be as much as I would like to have in the next months. But nevertheless, let's get it going... > Is there anyone out there that can take an authoritive role in this project? I'm afraid, but 1) I don't have the necessary experiences and 2) no time at all (well, nearly...). Christoph To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message