Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 11:08:03 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Steven Ames <steve@news.cioe.com>, dkelly@hiwaay.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-Sparc (was: FreeBSD vs Linux) Message-ID: <19980218110803.28941@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199802171528.KAA03496@news.cioe.com>; from Steven Ames on Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 10:28:55AM -0500 References: <199802171528.KAA03496@news.cioe.com>
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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
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