Sparc64 and FreeBSD 13.0

Michelle Sullivan michelle at sorbs.net
Wed Dec 4 12:08:06 UTC 2019


Chris Ross wrote:
>
>> On Dec 3, 2019, at 13:11, Mark Linimon <linimon at lonesome.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 05:53:28AM -0500, Ed Maste wrote:
>>> I have received some private mail about addressing the compiler
>>> situation on sparc64, but not the other issues tracked as dependencies
>>> in PR228919.
>> I personally don't intend to spend cycles working on sparc64 in the
>> future.
>>
>> As one of the last people who was supporting it, I think it's fair to
>> say that sparc64 has dropped below critical mass.
> I was an active user, but lack of support for more modern spare processors and the lack of active use have caused me to step away too.  If I had the time to look into porting T1/T2/etc support, and try to get the compiler working, I’d love to have the results.  But I do not.
>

I don't have the skills or I'd do it.

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