Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 02:56:39 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Pete Delaney <pete@rockymountain.rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD-ROM 2.0.5 - Any SPARC Porting Underway? Message-ID: <199508290956.CAA19466@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Aug 95 01:56:45 PDT." <199508290856.AA11308@RockyMountain.rahul.net>
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> > That's correct. In fact, someone has already done a port of the Sparc code > > to an earlier version of FreeBSD...but it would need a LOT of work to port the > > port to -current. > >I don't suppose you know: > > 1. Who did it? Jack Vogel. jackv@freebsd.org. > 2. Where a copy of it is? Jack has the only copy. I haven't had any time to get a copy from him. > 3. Why it wasn't integrated into the release? Because it wasn't complete. The kernel boots and runs okay, but that's about it. The work will have to be almost completely re-done to get it working with -current. > 4. What the problems are? Too many to mention in an email message. > > I will get to it eventually (I have a Sparc sitting next to > > me), but at the moment I'm too busy with other things in FreeBSD (namely, the > > 2.1 release). > >Since the previous version didn't make it into the release, I wonder if have >this be more than a one man show might help increase the odds. If we could get >a few guys working on this I would think the odds greatly improved. I've got >plenty of sparkstations that I can use here at RockyMountain. What have you >been plaining to do? Of course having lots of people working on it would speed things along. On the other hand, it is not a trivial thing to do, there are very few people who can answer the hundreds of questions that will arise, and I personally don't have the time right now to answer them. If I did have the time, I'd just do the port myself. :-) -DG
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