Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 22:18:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Christopher R. Bowman" <crb@ChrisBowman.com> To: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> Cc: Dale Walker <dale@icr.com.au>, "Robert S. Sciuk" <rob@ControlQ.com>, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freeloading FreeBSD for Free -- NOT! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215221517.5010A-100000@quark.ChrisBowman.com> In-Reply-To: <19971215172944.51352@relay.nuxi.com>
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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, David E. O'Brien wrote: >> > Is there an authoritative voice here to indicate the current state of >> > the project, > >> Is there a core member guiding this effort?? I hope so... I'm sure pretty >> soon that they will make an announcement - please.... > >At this point in time, there are no core members involved in this (that I >know of). I will let the "main man" announce himself. > > >> > Running Kernel to start with?? > >Nope. > > >> what can be provide (ie FAQ's, current kernel src tree, etc, etc) >..snip.. >> will this be developed hand in hand with i386 FreeBSD, or will it be a >> separate entity (at least until out of alpha)?? > >Source tree organization and distribution has yet to be figured out. > > >> What resources do we need to set up: suggestions.... >> 1. FAQ on FreeBSD-sparc > >Good idea. So what are the frequently asked questions? >(email me and I can start that list). > >> 3. FTP'ible source tree > >Come now. We can do better than FTP. :-) We, FreeBSD, are the inventors >of CVSup. > >> 4. Web Pages?? > >I guess we could hang them off of www.freebsd.org. > >-- >-- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org) > James says: "Grad school sucks." I would suggest that as a first step we should compile a list of documents pointers and URLs to information on SUN hardware, do they use open firmware, what does the prom include, where would I go to find out about the sparc architecture and the initial processor target that this port is using. Where would one go to get information on the board? etc.. --------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@ChrisBowman.com <A HREF="http://www.ChrisBowman.com/crb">My home page</A>
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