[illumos-Discuss] SPARC

[Volker A. Brandt]

Garrett D'Amore writes:
> I have no plans to support any SPARC processor older than than a sun4u
> Ultra-II.  (We could reinstate Ultra-1 cpus, but they are insecure
> unless you run in 32-bit mode, and *no way* am I going to advocate
> supporting 32-bit sparc kernels anymore -- we just don't have the kind
> of resources that effort would take, and the payoff would be minuscule. 

I would like to see the USI chips back in the game.  Your point about
32bit kernels is valid, but I wouldn't worry too much.  Anyone who
actually wants to run an Illumos-based distro on an Ultra1/140 should
know what he is doing anyway. :-)


Cheers -- Volker
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