Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 10:27:46 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beginning SPARC port Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971210102648.17398G-100000@paladio>
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On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Pierre Beyssac wrote: > That looks like a great idea to me, though I'm quite surprised that > Sun supports this since they've been desperately trying to kill SunOS > for years... Sun is broken into separate business units. SME cares about selling CPUs. If FreeBSD helps them do that, then great, even if the other business units don't like it. An odd arrangement, but until they start losing money, I imagine things will stay that way... > Since NetBSD already runs quite fine on many SPARC models, maybe > it would be a good idea to consider using their code as a starting > point. On the other hand they would surely be pretty interested by > information you might provide them with to write drivers for obscure > Sun peripherals (I for one would be dying to replace old SunOS with > any recent BSD on my Sparcbook... if only there was a X11 port with > the required driver for the LCD screen). My boss is specifically interested in seeing FreeBSD run on SPARC. From a technical perspective, perhaps NetBSD would be a better starting point, but I'll take what I can get when it comes to being paid for free software development. =) Jason Jason Evans Email: [jasone@canonware.com] Home phone: [(650) 856-8204] Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison]
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