From owner-freebsd-sparc Tue Nov 17 12:53:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA11419 for freebsd-sparc-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:53:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nekto.munet.mun.ca (nekto.munet.mun.ca [134.153.252.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA11410 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:53:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from amigus@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) Received: from morgan.ucs.mun.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nekto.munet.mun.ca (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA08784 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 17:23:16 -0330 (NST) Message-ID: <3651E23B.D7AC6F69@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 17:23:15 -0330 From: Adam Migus Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.6 i86pc) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Semi-Historical Note [jasone@canonware.com: Disinvolvement w References: <19981116235412.YBTG25684.fep04-svc@winworkstation> <3650CC6E.EFE56232@morgan.ucs.mun.ca> <3651A737.385F86B7@softweyr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wes Peters wrote: > Christoph Haas wrote: > > > > Adam Migus writes: > > > > > I am willing to dedicate my free time to this cause as well as any > > > resources I have. My purpose for mailing is to insist that this project > > > warrants support and should not die! > > > > And so do I think. But we should (as I read somewhere else) not limit > > this port to UltraSPARC only. I have a (at least for me) well equipped > > SPARCStation 4 (which uses a 110MHz MicroSPARC = sun4m) that I'm > > willing to boot with *BSD and Solaris 7. I'm interested in learning how > > to port various BSDs to it (Open, Net and now FreeBSD) and to my Alpha > > in my free time, which will not be as much as I would like to have in the next > > months. But nevertheless, let's get it going... > > > > > Is there anyone out there that can take an authoritive role in this project? > > > > I'm afraid, but 1) I don't have the necessary experiences and 2) no > > time at all (well, nearly...). > > You're not going to find anyone with the experience to do this; if > someone with the experience was on the project, it would be done. > > I too have a SPARCstation 5 and an a few hours a week to load, compile, > test, and file bug reports, and can probably even help with some of > the userland stuff, but just don't have the time to dedicate to a > full-pitch effort on the SPARC port; I have too many other irons in the > fire. > > Adam, if you want it, step up to the plate. Someone long ago offered that > the best way to start this port is to get the entire FreeBSD userland > running on NetBSD-SPARC kernel. Wanna jump on that? > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message As I said before I really don't feel I have the experience nessessary to lead the effort in porting FreeBSD to the sparc platform. However given the reaction and the lack of a more qualified person I will accept the duty of coordinator on this port if no one else wishes to take it. As I have said before and will re-iterate I do not presently have the skills required to port an operating system. Providing everyone will bare that in mind I will try my best to learn as much as I can, as fast as I can. I would like to make this mildly democratic so I now want to give anyone listening a chance to suggest an alternative if they feel one is appropriate. In the event that everyone is content with my semi-self-appointment to project coordinator I look forward working with everyone on this project and I hope it will be a learning experience for us all as it certainly will for me. :) -- ______________________________________________________________________ Adam Migus (amigus@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) Network Administrator, Dept. of Computing and Communications Memorial University of Newfoundland Phone: (709)-737-2130 Fax: (709)-737-3514 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message