From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 17 16:38:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01127 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:38:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA01102 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:38:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA28324; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 11:08:04 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id LAA02002; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 11:08:03 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980218110803.28941@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 11:08:03 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Steven Ames , dkelly@hiwaay.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Sparc (was: FreeBSD vs Linux) References: <199802171528.KAA03496@news.cioe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199802171528.KAA03496@news.cioe.com>; from Steven Ames on Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 10:28:55AM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 17 February 1998 at 10:28:55 -0500, Steven Ames wrote: >> For those of you who don't know, there's currently a project >> (sponsored by Sun) to port FreeBSD to these boxes. There's a mailing >> list as well (FreeBSD-sparc@FreeBSD.org), but it's not very active >> right now. Expect to see more activity in a few month's time, when >> the primary porter has something to show for his efforts. > > Woa! If I can use my sparc 1+ for something useful again I may need > to buy a new doorstop... I've got a spare one with flaky address translation which you can have if you want :-) Seriously, though, it's relatively unlikely that we'll see FreeBSD on a sun4c architecture. They're different enough from the current Sparc generation to create significant porting problems, and a 1+ is about the speed of a high-end 386. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message