Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:56:47 +0100 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, Ira Downing <dml337ira@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Sparc T2000 support Message-ID: <CADGWnjVbHXeR5qM2Ep%2BvgvkQQQQ81RfQCEqsM=0u-FTh5rTeog@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130131071044.GN29105@server.rulingia.com> References: <CALtLxXBz0c6GriqUnVA9DdKeaP1sh8buV-Tfr07nvKBxNpKnJg@mail.gmail.com> <20130131071044.GN29105@server.rulingia.com>
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote:
> On 2013-Jan-30 15:47:34 -0500, Ira Downing <dml337ira@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Any hope for Sparc T2000 support. These systems are going to waste if I'm
>>locked into installing Solaris 10.
>
> There's currently no sun4v support in FreeBSD because no-one has the
> complete {motivation, skill, time} set.
I guess, no developer has access to the required sun4v hardware
at the moment, and buying one privately just for fun and coding
is way above budget.
> As alternatives to Sol10, you could try NetBSD or one of the OpenSolaris
> forks (eg Illumos).
>
> --
> Peter Jeremy
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