From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 10 18:39:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA20710 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:39:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA20694 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:39:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA24043; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:39:09 -0800 (PST) To: Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr (Pierre Beyssac) cc: jasone@canonware.com (Jason Evans), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Beginning SPARC port In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Dec 1997 19:02:23 +0100." <19971210190223.FD42136@mars.hsc.fr> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:39:09 -0800 Message-ID: <24040.881807949@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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... You need to read the posting more carefully - this is SME, who has nothing to do with SunOS or OS decisions in general. Sun is a large company made up of many smaller companies. :) > 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 Unfortunately, not on the new Ultra AFAIK. The Ultra, being 64 bit, is going to be a rather special challenge. I've a longer reply in progress to Jason, once I've managed to wade through all the other replies first so that I don't get needlessly redundant. :) Jordan