When I get some more money coming around my way, I will be getting some kind of sun4v, like a T2000+ or a T2+ if possible. If not, I'll just virtualize it on x64.
" 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith - Kent, Washington (metropolitan Seattle area) On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 1:07 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Have a look at Dilos, it is a smartOS derivate and seems to have SPARC > support > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:14:29 +0100 > Andreas Wacknitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 17.11.19 um 01:46 schrieb Gary Mills: > >> I have a series of questions to ask the members of this mailing > >>list. > >> I have information to share with you as well. I already have > >>partial > >> answers to most of the questions, but I'd still like to hear from > >>you. > >> > >> First of all, how much interest do you have in OI on SPARC? My > > As I have some old SPARC gear, I am interested in having OI on > >SPARC. > >> interest is as a developer and tester. What is your interest? > >> I'd like to determine the size of the audience. > > My interest in SPARC has almost vanished. I still own an E250 > >(US-II), a > > Blade 2000, a Blade 2500 and an Ultra 45. > > Most of the time these machines only collect dust. > > > >> > >> How should I contribute to OI on SPARC? I have plans to build more > >> packages, and to do so with fewer changes to the OI source. I also > >> have plans to update the distribution from the current 2018 to 2019 > >>or > >> 2020. Does this sound reasonable to you? > > Yes. I have downloaded your first release. Alas I had no time to > >install > > it on one of my machines yet. > >> > >> How should you contribute to OI on SPARC? I've filed bug reports > >> for many of the changes I've made. They can be seen at: > >> > >> https://www.illumos.org/projects/openindiana/issues > >> > >> I've attached patches to each bug report, but in order for these > >> patches to be integrated into the OI source, the patches need to be > >> turned into PRs for github. They also need to be tested on x86 to > >> make sure they don't accidentally change anything there. Can you > >>help > >> with any of this? Can you build packages for SPARC from OI source? > > I can help here as I am mildly experienced with Hipster's build > >system > > on x86 and have a few build machines here. > > The biggest hindrance here is lack of time. > > > >> Can you help in any other way? > >> > >> What type of repository do you prefer? Should it be file-based, as > >>it > >> is now, or should it be remote, as for OI x86? The repository will > > Best would be a remote repository as we have it with OI x86. Do we > >have > > an "official" build system for SPARC? > > The old gear is loud and power hungry. > >> only get larger, as people build more packages and publish them. > >> Will > >> you download such a large file? I don't know of any way to merge > >> repositories, so there must be only one. > >> > >> Finally, who should coordinate OI on SPARC? Should this be done by > >> the OI project, or should it be done separately? Keep in mind that > >>OI > > I am not sure whether the actual project members will have enough > >free > > cycles to master an additional architecture. > > We are very few and at the moment nobody seems to have a lot of time > > that could be devoted to OI. > > > >> SPARC uses OI source. Most of it builds and publishes with no > >> changes. When changes are necessary, my plan has been to introduce > >> them with no harm to x86 packages built from the same source. > >> Indeed, > >> some of the changes fix bugs in the corresponding x86 packages. > >> Also > >> keep in mind that IPS is designed to handle multiple architectures, > >> making it easy to integrate SPARC with x86. In fact, this is > >>already > >> done for illumos. > >> > >> > > Maybe Everycity is also willing to sponsor to host a SPARC > >repository > > like they are doing for x86 now. > > I doubt that they can provide a build environment for it. > > > > Regards, > > Andreas > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > openindiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
