Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 22:21:24 -0600 From: "Mark Tempel" <mtempel@visi.com> To: <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Timeline for development Message-ID: <002101bf6947$238a6490$49ec62d1@dirac> References: <Pine.BSO.4.10.10001270421160.31627-100000@ns.bsd4us.org> <001f01bf6934$81f53590$49ec62d1@dirac> <38910B7D.8D9A5929@softweyr.com>
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> Keep in mind that building the FreeBSD userland can happen using NetBSD > as a base in parallel with much of the kernel development. Though the > kernel is the "hard" part, there is a LOT of userland, and I heartily > recommend turning loose those who are interested in that part of the > port ASAP. Having a CVS repo or something like that for them to drop > stuff in as it is complete, or at least complete enough, will allow them > to contribute almost immediately. I agree. I want to install NetBSD on one of these machines, but have been having a few problems...SS5 no CDROM no floppy and my network is 100mb not 10 mb... SS10 Dead Hard drive....Waiting for a replacement... :-( After a few failed attempts I did manage to get NetBSD installed, but I have been running into a problem where every time I try to mount -u -w my / partition (to finish the install) mount fails and says /dev/sd1a on / : specified device does not match mounted device I wonder if this means that I added wrong (I actually have a BS in Math so that would be a bit embarrasing) when I did the disklabel? Any suggestions? > > I also wanted to add (just for the hardware list on the web page) > > that I have a SS5 and a SS10 dedicated to this effort. When > > my 10/100 switch shows up I will put one of these on the net > > for the abuse of anyone who wants to help. > > An SS10, huh. Spoiled. ;^) Spoiled? Nah... I just dumpster dive in the right dumpsters ;-) > > Another note: I have been trying to build a cross-compiler > > that groks the architecture sparc-unknown-freebsd. I > > Oh please, just go with sparc-sun-freebsd. ;^) > Actually I modified the configure script to accept sparc-*-freebsd* so your suggestion should work... :-) [snip] > No, but I can tell you your best bet is to pick a home for the cross tools > and dump the entire set of FreeBSD include files in that home somewhere. > When we start getting down to it, we can create the sparc specific include > files, comparing the alpha and i386 ones as a starting point. It might be > a good idea to start thinking about sparc vs. sparc64 early on as well. I think this list has seen alot of discussion in the past years regarding sparc vs. sparc64. I think that such a discussion is warranted. My personal opinion is that we should plan on supporting sparc64 as Sun has end of lifed sparc32. I, however, do not have an ultraSparc (wow, if I did I would really feel spoiled) and would like to get my feet wet porting FreeBSD to machines that I do have before I try to justify the purchase of an ultraSparc to my wife ;-) It seems to me that a port to sparc32 would not be a waste of time, as ultraSparc can use sparc32 binaries (with some issues I'm sure). This would aid a port to ultraSparc. I am certainly not an authority here though... Comments? Mark Tempel mtempel@visi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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