[illumos-Discuss] SPARC

[Matt Lewandowsky]

There's not yet a full set of well-tested instructions for x86, which is 
where the focus of Illumos is at right this moment. Once x86 has settled in, 
getting SPARC up to speed will probably be an easier task than it would be 
right now. Illumos is still young. Be patient. :)

My 2 cents,

--Matt

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From: "Jasse Jansson" <jasse at yberwaffe.com>
Date: Thursday, 19 August, 2010 1:47
To: <discuss at lists.illumos.org>
Subject: Re: [illumos-Discuss] SPARC

> Is there a doc somewhere on how to set up a "official" build environment 
> for SPARC ???
>
> I have a Blade 100 that has not been switched on in the last two years.
> Might try to make it useful again.
> I need to check if I still have all the pieces to make it run, but I think 
> so.
> I'll check next week when I'm home again.
>
>
> On 19/08/2010 10:28, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>> "Matt Lewandowsky"<matt at greenviolet.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Garrett on "x86 first, then see what breaks on SPARC", at 
>>> least
>>> while Illumos is young. The project is currently at a point where it 
>>> needs
>>> to be usable on at least one architecture. Unfortunately, the resources 
>>> to
>>> keep both in sync aren't yet there, I don't think. That means a decision
>>> needs to be made as to which gets priority. I think everyone will agree 
>>> that
>>> x86 is the no-brainer answer.
>>
>> Starting this way may cause a similar desater as we see with the include 
>> files
>> with interfaces from the kernel. In 2003 the Linux kernel developers 
>> started to
>> destroy their include files (making them inconsistent when included from 
>> a user
>> level application). If they had been chided for this early enough, there 
>> had
>> been a chace to avoid the resulting problem.
>>
>> I strongly vote for fixing bugs early.
>>
>> This however means that someone needs to install a Sparc with the right 
>> sw base
>> to be able to compile and report.
>>
>> Jörg
>>
>
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