From owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Thu Nov 12 07:13:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF18A2D26C for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmcwhirter@triadic.us) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E580A1B07 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:13:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmcwhirter@triadic.us) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id E4C9DA2D26A; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:13:48 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4380A2D269; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:13:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmcwhirter@triadic.us) Received: from SMTP.Tech.Triadic.US (smtp.tech.triadic.us [98.102.61.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA04C1B06; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:13:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alexmcwhirter@triadic.us) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.128.0.32]) by SMTP.Tech.Triadic.US (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06C2010406B9; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:06:20 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Tech.Triadic.US Received: from SMTP.Tech.Triadic.US ([IPv6:::ffff:10.128.0.24]) by localhost (Milter1.Tech.Triadic.US [IPv6:::ffff:10.128.0.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id CDKtLGrlK0By; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:06:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail.tech.triadic.us (unknown [10.128.0.56]) by SMTP.Tech.Triadic.US (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4D7FA10405F3; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:06:19 -0500 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:06:19 -0500 From: alexmcwhirter@triadic.us To: Michelle Sullivan Cc: Mark Linimon , Anna Wilcox , Marius Strobl , Sean Bruno , Jordan Hubbard , sparc64@freebsd.org, Warner Losh , owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sparc64 doesn't care about you, and you shouldn't care about Sparc64 In-Reply-To: <5643D556.9000908@sorbs.net> References: <563A5893.1030607@freebsd.org> <39947478-4710-47D8-BAB1-FC93979570B6@mail.turbofuzz.com> <4004425.K7Etsx0SLe@ralph.baldwin.cx> <1411902059.696.1447273047281.JavaMail.craig@w520> <20151111202257.GB6857@lonesome.com> <5643D556.9000908@sorbs.net> Message-ID: X-Sender: alexmcwhirter@triadic.us User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.0.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 07:13:49 -0000 On 2015-11-11 18:55, Michelle Sullivan wrote: > 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, I have access to a few newer machines that could also help with building. Particularly Sun4V T2 boxes and M series Fujitsu boxes.