Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:22:13 -0700 From: Pete Delaney <pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net> To: davidg@root.com Cc: freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org, pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD-ROM 2.0.5 - Any SPARC Porting Underway? Message-ID: <199508291622.AA11734@RockyMountain.rahul.net>
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> > > > That's correct. In fact, someone has already done a port of the Sparc code > > > to an earlier version of FreeBSD...but it would need a LOT of work to port the > > > port to -current. > > > >I don't suppose you know: > > > > 1. Who did it? > > Jack Vogel. jackv@freebsd.org. > > > 2. Where a copy of it is? > > Jack has the only copy. I haven't had any time to get a copy from him. Good luck... > > > 3. Why it wasn't integrated into the release? > > Because it wasn't complete. The kernel boots and runs okay, but that's > about it. The work will have to be almost completely re-done to get it working > with -current. > > > 4. What the problems are? > > Too many to mention in an email message. Take your time. > > > > I will get to it eventually (I have a Sparc sitting next to > > > me), but at the moment I'm too busy with other things in FreeBSD (namely, the > > > 2.1 release). > > > >Since the previous version didn't make it into the release, I wonder if have > >this be more than a one man show might help increase the odds. If we could get > >a few guys working on this I would think the odds greatly improved. I've got > >plenty of sparkstations that I can use here at RockyMountain. What have you > >been plaining to do? > > Of course having lots of people working on it would speed things along. On > the other hand, it is not a trivial thing to do, there are very few people who > can answer the hundreds of questions that will arise, and I personally don't > have the time right now to answer them. If I did have the time, I'd just do > the port myself. :-) I think I may be able to answer some of the questions, I've been working on SPARC for some time now; especially the sun4m/Ross stuff. > > -DG >
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