Sparc64 and FreeBSD 13.0

[Joe Kozak]

Ive got two t-3 and one t4 id love to do more with.   Linux support is
ancient, and id love to learn much more  about freebsd as i have very
little experience,  but alas i have to drywall and mud my house... so time
time time.   I put my vote of support in for someone doing some updating if
possible.

On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:00 PM Gordon Zaft <gordonzaft at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am still interested in using this platform but doubt I have the skills
> and time to deal with something like a compiler upgrade.
>
> G
>
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 5:08 AM Michelle Sullivan <michelle at sorbs.net>
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Michelle Sullivan
> > http://www.mhix.org/
> >
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