From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 22:07:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A5210656A9 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 22:07:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cpanel03.rubas-s03.net (cpanel03.rubas-s03.net [195.182.222.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2C9E8FC15 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 22:07:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gahr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [213.142.183.219] (helo=gahrtop.localhost) by cpanel03.rubas-s03.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K4N2M-0003t7-Tu; Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:30:22 +0200 Message-ID: <48485AEB.1090902@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:30:19 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joachim Rosenfeld References: <6e5cf6a70806051341x95eb814j6222c04dbfd7fb2d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6e5cf6a70806051341x95eb814j6222c04dbfd7fb2d@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=9571F78E; url=http://gahr.ch/pgp/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel03.rubas-s03.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - FreeBSD.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: status of freebsd on ultrasparc? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:07:13 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Joachim Rosenfeld wrote: | I'm a little confused about the status of FreeBSD on UltraSparc. | | This page says it is a fully supported Tier 1 platform: | | http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html | | However, the words "Tier 1" link directly to this page: | | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html | | Which says that Sparc64 is only a Tier 2 "development architecture". | | Which is correct? The former. Sparc64 is definitely Tier 1... ... at least for some more time... :'( | I am considering running FreeBSD on a Sun Fire V210 UltaSparc system. My | whole reason for wanting to put FreeBSD on this box (which currently | runs Solaris 10) is to run bind and build ports. I have no experience with Sun Fire's. The HW list on the page cited above only lists 100s and 120s as supported models. I hope it's just because it hasn't been updated for a while.. | | | Joe - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkhIWuoACgkQwMJqmJVx946gQgCfe+xevBMsKiTGf2MWhtr96Ozt XMoAni2/xSeUte4pZaGiWwJz0kXoSqQR =QqBc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----