Frans Pop wrote:
> On Sunday 15 July 2007 03:53, Austin Denyer wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:08:57 -0700, Steven Ringwald
asric.com>>>> I, for one, will be sorry to see it go, as I actively use my SS10's
>>> and 20's. Anyone know of any other Linux distros out there that
>>> support the Sparc32 architecture, or am I going to have to look into
>>> something like NetBSD going forward?
>> I too will be sad to see it go. I love my SS5...
>
> Hi Steven and Denyer,
Hello,
> We are *also* sad to see sparc32 go, but these kinds of messages are only
> a repeat of similar reactions on earlier threads.
Of course.
> What we need to sparc32 alive - not only in Debian, but in Linux in
> general - is not people who are sad, but people who are willing to invest
> time and energy to fix the issues there are, to make sure sparc32 is
> supported in the software (kernel, toolchain, whatever) and who are
> committed to _keeping_ it maintained.
I agree.
> Being sad unfortunately does not help with that at all.
>
> As to alternatives, what you should be looking for is somewhere where
> there is a vibrant sparc32 community, including people who are not just
> sad, but who are actually doing work to maintain the port.
The real question is : today, how can give some time to keep sparc32
alive. I take some time to debug the last blocking bug in smp kernel,
but I think I am alone to work on the sparc32 kernel. For me, sparc32
should not die because there is a Leon processor that is a sparc V8 clone.
Main problem is kernel developpement. If we can continue developpement
of sparc32 kernel, sparc32 port will be alive.
> I have no idea if NetBSD has such a community or not.
I have tried NetBSD. NetBSD 3.1 (or 4.0) is not stable on SS20 (dual
SM71, dual RT626, quad RT626). I don't know why (same trouble than
Solaris 9 on quad CPU configuration. Linux is the only mature OS (and
today the only usable _and_ up to date) on sparc32 (regular Sun
hardware, or new Leon oriented hardware).
Regards,
JKB
