From owner-freebsd-sparc Mon Dec 15 19:29:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA16853 for sparc-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:29:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pluto.ops.NeoSoft.com (dbaker@pluto.ops.NeoSoft.COM [206.109.4.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA16842 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 19:28:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dbaker@pluto.ops.NeoSoft.com) Received: (from dbaker@localhost) by pluto.ops.NeoSoft.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id VAA20234; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 21:28:43 -0600 (CST) From: Daniel Baker Message-Id: <199712160328.VAA20234@pluto.ops.NeoSoft.com> Subject: Re: Freeloading FreeBSD for Free -- NOT! In-Reply-To: from Brian Handy at "Dec 15, 97 06:37:47 pm" To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian Handy) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 21:28:43 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > >> Good idea. So what are the frequently asked questions? > >> (email me and I can start that list). > > > >for the moment it'll have to probably be an archive of the list... cause, > >now that you ask... I just acn't think of any.. > > > 1. "I've got this great [IPX|IPC|SS2|your old dead slow Sun here] that > I want to put FreeBSD on. What's supported?" > > > Answer: The first machines out of the gate are going to be the > sorta-high-end Ultrasparcs which are expected to drop in price to be > competetive with the x86 architecture within the next year. Non-ultra > platforms will follow later, based most likely on popularity and the > assistance of the interested user base. I think the majority of users that will run FreeBSD on their sparc will _not_ be the users with the higher end boxes, but more likely the old kludges everyone has lying around doing nothing. I think IPX's, SS2s, SS5s, etc should be the FIRST supported. Daniel -- Daniel Baker -- Network Operations Administrator - NeoSoft, Inc. dbaker@neosoft.com dbaker@neo.net Phone: +1 713 968 5800 Fax: +1 713 968 5801