Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:20:50 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Martin Minkus <diskiller@diskiller.net> Cc: sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sparc port going 64 bit Message-ID: <39F88412.D6D9F8FA@softweyr.com> References: <bulk.71894.20001025045241@hub.freebsd.org> <200010251240.e9PCe3k05581@bg-tc-ppp1176.monmouth.com> <20001025083416.I21047@dragon.nuxi.com> <00c901c03e99$eed99850$0200000a@lan.diskiller.net>
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Martin Minkus wrote:
>
> > > This is why there ain't gonna be an Ultra Port for a while.
> > > Most of the folks who will volunteer to work on the stuff don't have or
> > > want to purchase Ultras...
> >
> > I've already offered twice U1's to those that will do some real work
> > towards the FreeBSD/sparc64 effort.
>
> I don't know how seriously involved I will get at this stage, but if in the
> coming months i am, you can always send me a U1 :) I'm in australia,
> however.
That's not as expensive as you think. I sent Greg a SPARCstation last year,
it cost about $55 to ship from Utah to South Australia.
> > > FreeBSD is the best Unix for i386... but we've not shown any real moves to
> > > the multiplatform area.
> >
> > Uh... the Alpha? The IA-64? The Mac-PowerPC?
>
> Most people are unaware of the existance of these ports. (specifically IA-64
> and PowerPC).
Most people are unaware of the /usr/src tree?
--
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