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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 09:22:13 -0700
From: Pete Delaney <pete@RockyMountain.rahul.net>
Message-Id: <199508291622.AA11734@RockyMountain.rahul.net>
To: davidg@root.com
Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD-ROM 2.0.5 - Any SPARC Porting Underway?
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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
   >