From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 28 18:32:47 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F3A4D32 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:32:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp9.server.rpi.edu (smtp9.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.229]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10F5D15D8 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:32:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-auth1.server.rpi.edu (smtp-auth1.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.231]) by smtp9.server.rpi.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id t3SIVsAX013712 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:31:55 -0400 Received: from smtp-auth1.server.rpi.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-auth1.server.rpi.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B3F58096; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:31:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead-qc124.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.124.17]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: drosih) by smtp-auth1.server.rpi.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 91FFE58008; Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:31:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Garance A Drosehn" To: "Trevis Elser" Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Volunteer To Revive Sun4v Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:31:54 -0400 Message-ID: <248E15C1-8F32-49F0-BEBF-530DC7DEB71C@rpi.edu> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MailMate (1.9r5078) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: outgoing, @@RPTN) X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Hold at 7.10] X-CanIt-Incident-Id: 02OluvSv0 X-CanIt-Geo: ip=128.113.124.17; country=US; region=New York; city=Troy; latitude=42.7495; longitude=-73.5951; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.7495,-73.5951&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: outgoing X-Canit-Stats-ID: Bayes signature not available X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 128.113.2.229 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: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:32:47 -0000 On 27 Apr 2015, at 11:50, Trevis Elser wrote: > Hi everyone. I posted a similar message on the sun4v mailing list, but > activity there seems pretty much dead and these are related. I'd like to > volunteer to restart the sun4v arch port. > Any thoughts, directions, tips, encouragement, discouragement (though that > would be a curiosity), or hardware to work with :) etc. etc. would be > greatly appreciated! > > Thank you for the time it took to read, I'd be happy to see that working. I've seen some nice sun4v machines available for $cheap, but I had to pass on the offer at the time because freebsd wouldn't run on them. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = drosih@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA