Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 02:06:19 -0500 From: alexmcwhirter@triadic.us To: Michelle Sullivan <michelle@sorbs.net> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Anna Wilcox <AWilcox@wilcox-tech.com>, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com>, sparc64@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sparc64 doesn't care about you, and you shouldn't care about Sparc64 Message-ID: <d6796c2ad2db304ca182d31e9840ce37@triadic.us> In-Reply-To: <5643D556.9000908@sorbs.net> References: <563A5893.1030607@freebsd.org> <39947478-4710-47D8-BAB1-FC93979570B6@mail.turbofuzz.com> <f4d1114833994331bd1fd2273f305abc@XCH-RTP-005.cisco.com> <4004425.K7Etsx0SLe@ralph.baldwin.cx> <1411902059.696.1447273047281.JavaMail.craig@w520> <20151111202257.GB6857@lonesome.com> <5643D556.9000908@sorbs.net>
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On 2015-11-11 18:55, Michelle Sullivan wrote: > Mark Linimon wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 08:17:32PM +0000, Craig Butler wrote: >> >>> Just to raise something else as well, port maintainers seem hesitant >>> to push sparc64 fixes in. >>> >> >> They don't have an effective way to test them. All they can test for >> is the no-regression case on the hardware they have access to. >> > > I could (in theory - I have a metric shed load - well actually a 1966 > build garage full - of everything from sparcstation 2's to E4500, > Netras > and v2xx servers though being sparc32 and sparc64 and no new stuff it > would be relatively pointless putting more than one or 2 servers up) > setup a redports like service to build ports - but there is the other > issue of actually testing they work... if successfully built.. > > Regards, I have access to a few newer machines that could also help with building. Particularly Sun4V T2 boxes and M series Fujitsu boxes.
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