Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 20:10:26 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Scott MacFiggen <smf@activesw.com> Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status? Message-ID: <37719392.422E45CF@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.UW2.3.96.990622134042.10127I-100000@fatlady.controlq.com> <376FCE90.FE9980E0@activesw.com>
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Scott MacFiggen wrote:
>
> "Robert S. Sciuk" wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure, but I don't think any work is being done on the 32 bit
> > architectures, Sun pulled their support, and a group based in Italy seem
> > to be working on the Ultra port -- but I haven't heard whether that effort
> > has petered out or not ... :-{
> >
>
> What is this about Sun pulling support? I'm curious about the
> history on this.
A couple of years ago, there was a guy at Sun Microelectronics who
was going to work full-time on porting FreeBSD to the UltraSPARC
AXi board. After a couple of months, he got yanked off and given
another job within Sun. A few months later Sun announced support
for Linux.
The last I heard, the "group" (one person, actually) in Italy was
planning to ask Sun for some hardware. It did not seem likely
Sun would be interested in the offer.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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