From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 30 10:32:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E74237B402; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:32:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0UIWTd43786; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:32:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:32:29 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: "David O'Brien" Cc: Terry Lambert , Ruslan Ermilov , current@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Latest binutils import breaks Alpha cross compiles Message-ID: <20020130193229.A43663@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3C576050.560CB337@mindspring.com> <20020130162039.D14D63A9A@overcee.wemm.org> <20020130091313.C69440@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020130091313.C69440@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:13:13AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-RC X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:13:13AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:20:39AM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > > That's easy to say when signing up somebody else to do the work. > > > > Seriously though, in spite of pretending otherwise, i386 *is* our reference > > platform, and the "other" platforms require people with the hardware and > > interest to keep it "alive". > ... > > If there isn't enough critical mass to keep it going, then it is dead > > by definition. > > This is my current feeling -- that Alpha 5-CURRENT no long has any > critical mass. Thus it isn't worth the time or trouble. > > My interests have moved over to sparc64 and x86-64 where I believe there For x86-64 I see the point, sparc64 is not something I would want to spend any time on (no disrespect to the sparc64 folks, I just don't think sparc will have any great momentum). > will be a much larger following. It is shame after I've spent several > thousand $$ on Alpha hardware over the past three years. And Alpha hardware is so much nicer than the x86 crap out there :( W/ -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte FreeBSD core team secretary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message